cornfed
Mindless lemming
O-ring once bubbled...
I had almost written this thread off as complete drivel and then lo and behold I learned something.
And now back you your regularly scheduled drivel...
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O-ring once bubbled...
I had almost written this thread off as complete drivel and then lo and behold I learned something.
The drivel starts when we hear Cincy singing from his pen...cornfed once bubbled...
And now back you your regularly scheduled drivel...
MarcHall once bubbled...
For starters, PADI is a company and DIR is a philosophy so its somewhat difficult to compare the two.
PADI has been in existence since the 70's.
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march@gue.com
O-ring once bubbled...
The drivel starts when we hear Cincy singing from his pen...
O-ring once bubbled...
The drivel starts when we hear Cincy singing from his pen...
OneBrightGator once bubbled...
Eh... and I duck when I see the KoolAid firehose coming out.
Ben
MarcHall once bubbled...
My GUE instructor crossover was a bit more involved and included the following.
1. Completing GUE Cave 1
2. Completing GUE Tech 1
3. Interning a minimum of 3 DIRF courses (prior to my ITC, I actually assisted/interned at something like 12 GUE courses)
4. Complete a week long ITC in High Springs run by 2 GUE Instructor Trainers (min of 2 ITs required)
5. Completed a 3 day IE where the successful ITC candidates taught a DIRF course.
6. In my case, my skills were found not to be at the GUE Instructor level at the IE so I was given a provisional and
6 months to develop and demo my skills - which I successfully did some 3 months later.
MHK once bubbled...
Chris,
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Similiar demographics and economic stature exsist in the ski market, but you don't see the drop off level amongst skiiers. The problem with many like you Chris, and I'm really not trying to slam you here, is that you need a study to tell you what to think.. Why not just ask a few divers why they quit??
OneBrightGator once bubbled...
Not trying to pick a fight, but...
To become a PADI Instructor you have to have taken Advanced, Rescue and be a PADI DM.