Iguana Don
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Open letter to all members,
Does anybody see a pattern forming with the questions being asked here? I think we are seeing what I mentioned some months back as "Dive Mills". Turning out divers for the sake of a buck, just getting them through the course, collect the money and on to the next, without even caring if the student can dive or not. It is really great that they can have a place to turn to ask these questions. The sport is being taken way too lightly.
I must have been one of the fortunate ones, as I learned quite a bit in my O/W class & it prepared me for things to come. I had a very competent instructor & to this day we still dive together, and he even takes notes on my progress.
To all of the instructors & DMs here:
From the communications I have had with you, I feel you are all in the same catagory as above and would not hesitate one minute diving with any of you, even without having ever dove with or met you in person. And I feel that you all are a great bunch. All students should have the luxury of taking their classes from you. (No I'm not stroking you all, just the facts)
My question is: Where are these crappy instructors & how do we rid the sport of them? They do nothing except give the sport a black eye & open it up to critisim. And one day "Big Brother" WILL step in, if we fail to regulate it ourselves.
This board should be required reading for ALL O/W students or anybody even thinking about diving.
Thanks
Don
Does anybody see a pattern forming with the questions being asked here? I think we are seeing what I mentioned some months back as "Dive Mills". Turning out divers for the sake of a buck, just getting them through the course, collect the money and on to the next, without even caring if the student can dive or not. It is really great that they can have a place to turn to ask these questions. The sport is being taken way too lightly.
I must have been one of the fortunate ones, as I learned quite a bit in my O/W class & it prepared me for things to come. I had a very competent instructor & to this day we still dive together, and he even takes notes on my progress.
To all of the instructors & DMs here:
From the communications I have had with you, I feel you are all in the same catagory as above and would not hesitate one minute diving with any of you, even without having ever dove with or met you in person. And I feel that you all are a great bunch. All students should have the luxury of taking their classes from you. (No I'm not stroking you all, just the facts)
My question is: Where are these crappy instructors & how do we rid the sport of them? They do nothing except give the sport a black eye & open it up to critisim. And one day "Big Brother" WILL step in, if we fail to regulate it ourselves.
This board should be required reading for ALL O/W students or anybody even thinking about diving.
Thanks
Don