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>william, >all of the agencies seem to have some sebalence of meningfull standards. the >problem is that it appears that many times the instructors choose to bypass >them. this causes things such as the WBT incident to happen. > >IMHO the biggest problem throughout ALL LEVELS of dive education is the lack >of experience of the divers to move on to the next level. a student can run >from a beginner to an instructor in less than a year(i am being generous >here). this person is then "teaching" others to do things he has only limited >time doing. this problem has now crept into the tech levels & we have & agoing >to pay the price for this in the long run. > >until we recognize the importance of experience & stand behind the enforcing >of that standard we will continue to have deaths such as WBT. >hank > i agree with you, Hank... but i also think that teaching is a skill and a calling in and of itself. just as there are instructors who have not nearly enough experience to teach effectively...there are also "good" divers who've been at it for 20+ years but who haven't CHANGED or learned much for the last 10. a good instructor, at any level, is up on all the latest techniques and is constantly learning and adapting and passing that on to his students. not every experienced diver who can take care of himSELF makes for an effective instructor. best, w -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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