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On24 Jul 96 @ 2:15, Jeff Kell <JEFF@UT*.UT*.ED*> wrote:
> First off, I'm no card-carrying techdiver, nor have I had sushi at
> Lucy's. Please bear with me and don't brush this off as "irrelevant
> wimp material".
We already know you are a Warm Water Wimp, just like GIIII...
So maybe you're not that much a wimp, then... :) :) :)
...
> I enrolled my stepson (12-yrs old) in a PADI OW course at a shop
...
> swimming/drownproofing tests. She *dog-paddled* the swim test, and
...
> I don't think she stayed underwater more than 30-60 secs without
> being on top, mask off, reg out, pumping BC.
> Instructor passed her.
> Next day, doing giant stride entry; again, she's last. Finally
...
> I never saw her perform the pool skills for that class.
> Instructor passed her.
...
> I thought I had it easy, but this is wayyy past ridiculous.
>
> You want to talk about "blatant strokery"? Sit in on an OW course
> sometime (not that they are all bad; but this was downright
> frightening). This is also not an agency bashing either (final
> instructor does YMCA certs too, so not a PADI wimp).
Reality check.
1) This is the United States of America, where the bottom line reign
supreme. No other single consideration shall be allowed to cloud
people's judgement. After all, it's people's wallets who's at stake
there.
1a) So, no one cares if the blimp is water-good. No one gives a shit.
Think of all the PADI shareholders who are entitled *BY LAW* to the
fattest return on their investment in PADI shares. This is *FAR MORE*
important than whether the blimp kills herself.
1aa) If the blimp kills herself, think of the lawyers who have to
make a living in suing whoever happens to pass by, and also those
lawyers who have to defend the people sued before. It's all part of
the american econogy.
1b) Think of the poor dive shop owner who has trouble making ends
meet with his paltry 200% markup on gear (and it's becoming harder
and harder to sell useless gear, as people are seemingly getting
smarter and ask for data on the Internet) and the resulting need to
have as much people hit the water as possible. He's also *ENTITLED*
to the fattest bottom line, in part to pay for his lawyer who's busy
fending-off lawsuits.
2) Diving is fun. Why bother people with useless skills like mask
clearing, bass inflating or the like?
3) Confront directly the instructor, preferably in the company of
another instructor/experienced diver you trust. Or have your stepson
put in another class with another instructor; remember, the
instructor mades all the difference.
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