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> We were discussing the paradigm of the student and the incompetent > instructor. which in essence boils down to the constant dilemna faced by each of us every day as a consumer... and to that we say let the buyer beware. > up on the Lizzie, becasue his instructor told him to close the exhaust valve > and never open it during the dive,< I saw the suit and heard the story at > Raimo's>, did he receive quality instruction? who is at fault there?? No he received poor instruction. But who is at fault? Let's change the situation. Al, you go to your local dealership and buy a used car. You do not check the blue book, you do not ask for references about the dealer, and you do not take the car to a shop you trust to check it out. You pay $10,000 over retail for a lemon. Who is at fault? You are. > If you dont know any better and no one else tells you your instructor is a > moron, who should shoulder the burden of that, the student?? Yes. If you don't take the time to check references. This is techdiver. We are talking about divers who profess to being experienced. They should be able to ask these questions. > We know who the asshole instructors are, but we dont say anything, why?? Nobody asked? > Doesn't our silence implicate us in their suffering?? Not if the students can't be bothered to ask, no. I don't take out ads in the local paper to advise people where the best car deals in town are. I don't bother to post responses to newsgroups when someone tries to sell used gear at new prices. If the potential buyers don't do the research to know what a fair price is, well the seller just got lucky. You protect yourself by educating yourself. If you fail to do that, then you throw yourself at the mercy of dumb luck. And the key word there is dumb. You cannot remove every instructor who might ever make a mistake. You can however teach divers from the beginning to prepare themselves to deal with dive mistakes even when they happen to occur on training dives. Few if not zero training dives have to be little more than simple extension of skills done in previous dives. Mike -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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