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> Maybe diving instructors shouldn't be allowed to > certify their own students. Like auto school teachers, they could teach the > necessary material, and the actual certification would be done by someone > else. Like an instructor evaluation. That way paying for the class isn't > tied to being certified. You take the class, and like getting a driver's > license, you keep going back until you pass the test(s). This sounds like an *EXCELLENT* idea!! Why hasn't anyone ever suggested it before? The only problem I see is that an instructor is more likely to be able to accurately assess the skills of the diver after a course, than some representative of a certification agency. That problem could probably be solved with clever certification testing procedures. > Maybe our legal system needs some new concept, we could call it "Obvious > Stupidity" or something like that. Any moron knows driving off a cliff is > obviously stupid. So is sticking an O2 reg in your mouth at 200 fsw. If > you're certified to get O2 in a scuba tank, you should know this and have no > recourse, either against the person who taught you or the person you got your > fill from. Of course, if you're too stupid to understand this and an > instructor certifies you anyway, the instructor is negligent and probably > should be held liable. I like this too...except I would broaden it to say "Any person who willingly goes underwater entrusting his/her life to breathing equipment is OBVIOUSLY stupid...." ;-) Aloha, Rich ******************************************************************* Richard Pyle deepreef@bi*.bi*.ha*.or* "WHATEVER happens to you when you willingly go underwater is COMPLETELY and ENTIRELY your own responsibility! If you cannot accept this responsibility, stay out of the water!" *******************************************************************
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