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If you are looking for information to support instructors against = claims of bad training, etc. you aren't going to get a lot of support from this = list. I lived in the northwest up until last year and still dive there on = visits. Do a little reaearch on the "horror stories" and you will find in most = cases they do have to do with the level of training the students received. = Mass market Open Water courses are turning out divers that have no business = being in the water. The pressure is on the instructor to rush them through = and pass everybody regardless of how well they picked up the skills taught = in the course. And remember, the "raging stupidity" of the students is = because they were not taught that what they are doing is stupid. Look into the minimum requirements on becoming an instructor and you will find that = it is 6 months of being certified and between 50 and 100 logged dives and a 1 = week course on how to teach diving. This is nowhere near enough to create competent instructors that will turn out qualified divers. Can't help you out here, Don -----Original Message----- From: Nat J. [mailto:sole_one@me*.co*] Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 9:16 PM To: techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: re: horror storries Steve,Bill,Jt I must admit, I smiled when I read your post.I didn't realize how my = message sounded. No,=20 I'm not an ambulance=20 chaser or even a lawyer.You guys sure are a suspicious bunch.I tried to = put my name in the=20 adresser box but it wasn't working I=20 think=20 I got it, though. My name is Natalie, I dive in the Northwest and I'm = just a diver who is=20 looking=20 to see the differentiation between stories of divers who have died = through thier own=20 poor judgment and/or lack of training for the dives they do and the=20 instuctors who get black-balled because of their students raging = stupidity.=20 And the other side where because of the instructor's negligence these=20 incidents happen. =A0Sometimes people do not see the difference between = these=20 two types of episodes. =A0Instuctors can get their reputations ruined = by having their students go=20 out and do stupid things. "and such and such dead diver was the student = of so and so." So=20 when people spout that all these divers "died at the hands of thier instuctors" it makes me=20 wonder. I'm asking this list because I don't think there is a book = about it out there. But if you=20 know of one please tell me. And I am going to use this information to = give a reply to people=20 who go off half cocked about instructors. Nat Searching for the best free email? Try MetaCrawler Mail, from the #1 metasearch service on the Web, http://www.metacrawler.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to = `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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