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Dean, I don't agree here. Don't you think there are enough(too many!!) govermental restrictions now? Laws? How about just better education and having the students become more informed about what's out there as far as equipment goes before they spend their hard earned money. In todays computer age, they have have the tools to do that. Pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean Laffan" <email@re*.co*.au*> To: "Tech diver list" <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 6:17 AM Subject: Re: WARNING - Coffee Alert Part 2 > There also ought to be a law about selling gear to students .... that's > s-t-u-d-e-n-t-s. ie BEFORE they pass their OW. > > How many times have we seen a fresh faced student sold $3-4k worth of gear > before (or during) the OW course. This creates a very ugly dynamic for the > instructor (usually working for the shop owner) if the student is hopeless. > > It happened to my buddy last week. He's a DM on an OW course and has to TOW! > the grossly overweight student back to the boat because she's completely > exhausted, no buoyancy control so bad he has to hold her down, she's nearly > having a coronary from the exertion ... but she has been sold a brand new > shiny "Hamburger with the Lot" for the course. What is wrong with this > picture ? :-( > > By all means sell them ON the gear but don't take their dough until they've > proven they are going to need it. > > regards > > *** > dean laffan > real world productions > melbourne, australia > ph +613-9419-3966 > Mobile - 0418-525-315 > It said on the box: 'Requires Windows 95 or better' ... so I bought a Mac ! > > -- > 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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