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ANDI IHQ sez: > [...] > - By creating a situation in which the student must prepare for and execute a > "real" dive, the instructor can evaluate the student's overall "diving demeanor" > and planning ability. With very little creativity, one could imagine many types > of problems that could occur on a first EAN dive due to an incompelete basic > diving education or incorrect or improper basic skills. (Consider basic dive > planning, buoyancy control, equipment rigging.) It is very little to ask that > one demonstrate one's capability before ANDI should issue a new rating. > [...] > Finally, it is short-sighted to think an instructor has no in-field function > except to handle emergencies. Further, it is absurd to think a student derives > no benefit from instructor supervision unless he has an emergency. > > ANDI prefers to continue the tried and true protocol of having students apply, > and demonstrate their understanding of new concepts. With regard to divers, a > logical way to do that is by diving. So now you are saying that 1) the instructor assigned for part 2 should be the same as the instructor for part 1, and, 2) that the instructor should be in the water with the students (in order to evaluate the students' buoyancy control, etc)? > Stuart Masch, Chief Operating Officer > American Nitrox Divers International -frank -- fhd@in*.ne* | Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in 1 212 559 5534 | nature...life is either a daring adventure or it is 1 917 992 2248 | nothing. 1 718 746 7061 | -- Helen Keller
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