nolatom
Contributor
The (alleged) "bitterness" some instructors express on the board doesn't match what I've seen in real life from instructors I've been taught by, or met on boats and other places.
What we read here from (some) instructors reminds me of an interview I read about once with an experienced pro bicycle racer, who was complaining about the (difficult) Paris-Roubaix race, how the cobblestones killed your crotch and are treacherous for bikehandling, your fellow riders are discourteous and underhanded, the weather sucks, it's dangerous, long, you don't even have time to take a leak, etc, etc.. He was then asked "well, why don't you just not enter then?, and he gave a disbelieving look and answered, "because it's the Paris-Roubaix race, it's the best, how could you not do it?"
Maybe they just like bitching to each other, but are good to their students, even *those* students.
What we read here from (some) instructors reminds me of an interview I read about once with an experienced pro bicycle racer, who was complaining about the (difficult) Paris-Roubaix race, how the cobblestones killed your crotch and are treacherous for bikehandling, your fellow riders are discourteous and underhanded, the weather sucks, it's dangerous, long, you don't even have time to take a leak, etc, etc.. He was then asked "well, why don't you just not enter then?, and he gave a disbelieving look and answered, "because it's the Paris-Roubaix race, it's the best, how could you not do it?"
Maybe they just like bitching to each other, but are good to their students, even *those* students.