mikemill
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I was thinking more like martial art instructors and scout snipers But OJT holds some truth also
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Well of course, I know that.
The reason all this came up is because we were discussing someone we know who became an instructor only a year after being open water certified. The only time this guy was in the water was with a class. Next thing you know he's an instructor.
...Once I saw her walking on the sea floor with the tips of her fins, I quickly lost a lot of respect for the dive shop that trained her, and for the PADI system.
Perhaps he was a minimalist
refer to post #2
I took the PADI system of OW training, and they didn't teach me to walk on the tips of my fins.
In fact, my instructor would probably have (nicely) ripped me a new one if I had done that even in my very first OW checkout dive.
Just sayin.
Well of course, I know that.
The reason all this came up is because we were discussing someone we know who became an instructor only a year after being open water certified. The only time this guy was in the water was with a class. Next thing you know he's an instructor.
I wouldn't.I don't think 100 dives is many either especially considering that most divers get these dives in under extremely desirable conditions. 100 dives in the Carribean pales in significance to 100 dives off the Northeast coast of the US. I guess that is something to take up with our certifying agencies.
I was just making it clear that diving while teaching students is much more stressful, educational, and enlightening than REAL DIVES. If I had a choice between an instructor that did all 100 of his dives while in classes or teaching classes compared to an instructor with 100 REAL DIVES I would hands down pick the first instructor.