Who sets the idiotic standards and produces the bullshit cd-roms?????


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From: "James Funderburk" <jfunderb@br*.ac*.us*.ed*>
To: "ghmorris" <ghmorris@te*.co*>
Cc: "'MHK'" <mhkane@pr*.ne*>; "'Chris Elmore'" <elmorec@at*.ne*>;
"'Rodriguez'" <mikey@ma*.co*>; <Techdiver@aquanaut.com>;
<FlTechDiver@mikey.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:11 PM
Subject: RE: Justafish, Justafish, Justafish...


> PADI doesn't teach a damn sole to SCUBA dive - it is the instructor - and
> in the quest for quick cash, PADI and certain instructors choose to accept
> ten as the certifying
> age....have you ever looked a the chutes and ladders game?  It clearly
> states for ages twelve and up...(that's a damn board game)  what the hell
> is going on? Who gives a rats
> ass what PADI says?  Who on this list server teaches as a PADI debutante?
> I think that at this level of diving, if you have not carved out "the way"
> that you personally fell that the student must be trained - regardless of
> the level - then you should not be teaching - as you have NO DISCRETION.
>
> What the hell are the certifying agencies anyway?  They basically allow
> the
> instructor to issue a RECOGNIZED certification that states that the
> student, under the guidance and s upervision of an instructor has
> completed
> a set of minimum requirements at a certain time.  I'd rather dive with a
> 12 year old that, along with the family's support dives once every three
> weeks than some idiot flying to the Keys for a weekend of lobstering after
> a two year lay-off.
>
> The sad this is that, although many great divers exist and many great
> teachers exist, the two rarely overlap.  Exactly how does one teach?  You
> got kids?  Remember when they wanted to learn to ride a bike - what could
> you really offer them?  1.  Keep them out of emminent danger?  2.  Guide
> them along the learning process?  and lastly - 3.  Offer any guidance in
> how either you a.  learned how to ride a bike, or b. got hurt doing so....
>
> let's get over this chest beating - and get on with life.  Education is
> something to be heralded - you are a professional.
>
> James Funderburk
> Department of Geology
> University of South Florida
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