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Sender: Thomas A. Easop Date: 7/6/98 12:20 PM >Yes, thats true. I'm just not ready to absolve the students completely for >something as simplely understood as bouyancy control. Its not rocket >science, and >shouldn't be a problem when you are in a tech class. In a tech class the instructor has say over how you are configured. It is assumed here that the reason you are taking a tech class is to learn how to configure and use your gear. Why do you make the assumption here that the student already knows tech before taking a course in it? In the recent tripple death in west palm beach, the student was an accomplished diver, no doubt well versed in buoyancy techniques. But he configured himself exactly as the instructor required. This is due to the teacher/student relationship where it is presumed that the paid person, the teacher, has more knowledge in the area of instruction than the payee, the student. Instructors take advantage of this relationship all the time to foist bogus equipment on their students. Witness the constant stream of OMS bondage wings for sale on this list. >You are right. In fact the duty to rescue another diver comes before the >duty of >an instructor to his students. Its like a subset :-) IMHO, an instructor should not teach students in a any situation where there is even a slight potential for his attention to be diverted from his number 1 preoccupation, his students. If this means hiring a boat exclusively for the training or diving at sites which have no distractions, a small price to pay don't you think? >I never meant to say all involved shouldn't shoulder their fair share of >blame, >legally and morally. I concentrated on the student's share. Sometimes in a >discussion with some of the Florida Elite I stoop to their ways and get way >extremist. In as serious a sport as tech diving, our focus should be on the truth not the confrontation. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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