What I said was that "often times, ALL MY JOB is is to hand-hold, practice mask clearing..." etc. My point (which seems to have been unclear) is that my job as an instructor is to provide what my students need. My job is not to rush people through skills, which is what Bubbletrubble was saying... "will almost certainly..." I was responding to refute that statement.
I'm not above being generally helpful to a student, I don't have an agenda. As to what role I'm used to playing, lots of them. Sometimes does being an instructor make me a glorified DM? Of course it does. That's how Cozumel rolls. Do the divemasters I've helped create feel that short-changes them? I'll ask them. I doubt it.
I'm kind of a "don't get above your raisin'" kind of girl. And I try not to. You can make whatever judgments you feel are appropriate about me.
kari
Just reading what you write, a can tell you care about your fellow divers or students. I wish that there were more instructors in the world like you, based off of how you describe yourself. That of course, is all I have to go by. I see where your coming from, I too used to take that stand point. Unfortunately we do not make up the mass. So when divers make that kind of comment we cant take it personal. You made your response personal and that it reflected the "Instructor Nation". Thats just not true and Bubbletroubles point (that I quoted in my last response) is valid, as much as I hate it. If has happend once it can and will happen again.Which in itself validates the point. In your case or mine probably not. Then again we cant teach the entire world, just the pond were peeing in lol.