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No argument there.
OK .. who is this, really ... and what did you do with Thalassamania ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
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No argument there.
gcbryan just posted something that was reasonable, he does do that.OK .. who is this, really ... and what did you do with Thalassamania ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
gcbryan just posted something that was reasonable, he does do that.
Which begs the question - why teach for whatever agency that is (although I think I can guess, and also guess why)?My husband is taking his instructor course right now, and has been told in no uncertain terms that he may NOT teach gas management at the OW level.
Now where did you get the idea that an agency would forbid the teaching of "basic gas management?"It certainly seems to me that certifying divers without teaching basic gas management, let alone actively FORBIDDING instructors from teaching basic gas management, amounts to a form of "malpractice."
Boulderjohn, do you honestly think that encouraging new divers to read Bob's article and think about their gas supply in more detail is "controversial", or has no place in this forum?
I think that, under the circumstances, it would've been more appropriate to make that discussion it's own thread ...New divers need to be "exposed" to such "controversial" views as the inadequacy of current agency standards, the history of how we came to this pass, thoughts about how we can get back to adequate training programs, where such programs still exist etc. I'm sorry it that shakes new divers faith in the powers that be ... but that's exactly what needs to be done.
Seems like everybody is very quick to jump to conclusions in this thread. Wouldn't it make more sense to know what actually happened before assuming it had to do with poor instruction? There could be any number of variables that would dramatically change the story.