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> > > > Mike, > > The "world" does not revolve around diving. Most new divers > have experienced > > many other forms of instruction prior to diving, and the > problem is, most > > "ARE", "trust me, I'm the instructor" scenarios. It starts > in elementary > > school through college, and gets worse with each new sport they need > > instruction for. You may find some examples of individual > sports like > > skydiving which may defy this trend, but the "masses" are > used to "trust > > me", and they don't question it. > > Easy to fix Dan. > > Day one. Line 2 of OW1. > > "Diving is dangerous. It will kill you if you do not respect it. YOU > are where the buck stops. It does not stop with me, the instructor, > it stops with you the student, the diver. Cavers have a saying. Any > diver may call any dive, any day, any time, no questions. Do not > do any dive for which you are not prepared." > Mike, I think you are missing a MAJOR piece of the problem here....you are assuming the instructor will follow the "Zimmerman" standards, and do the "diving is dangerous talk". Guess what...with the Dereck McKnulty scenario, the instructor DOES NOT say what he is supposed to say, and DOES NOT do what he is supposed to do. Mike, there ARE some Really BAD instructors out there, along with the very good ones you expect each new diver will automatically hook up with. The new divers will NOT be able to tell the McKulties from the Jablonski's, because they know nothing about technical diving. Guys like Derrick could talk the big talk, and that gave them a compelling sales presence. This is the issue we are really argueing about---and where you and Al are not communicating on either. If you have a really bad instructor, a student with 20 years of mainstream instructional conditioning, will do exactly as told. That's the Amemrican consumer, as sad a statement as it is. If you don't like it, just where do you plan on finding a better home for your ideologies? Dan Volker > (line 1, was Hi, my name is Joe Instructor) > > Might seem severe for OW1, but so what. > > What's more Dan we are talking about technical instruction. > Any "tech" diver (or student) SHOULD be able to take this speech > very seriously. If they don't realize it, they need to stick > to vacation resort diving. > > > Mike, what planet are you really from ? :-) > > The one where they have invented the better mouse and have yet to > invent the better trap. > > The better mouse being a diver who gives a damn about himself. > > The trap being the water that will claim you if you don't. > > How are the mice doing on your planet Dan? sounds like a lot > are getting caught.... > > 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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