Now that is a problem.storm1fishing:
and Cathy, thanks for setting the record straight, Ron is one smart guy, he's set me straight before.
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and Cathy, thanks for setting the record straight, Ron is one smart guy, he's set me straight before.
No worries Farah.
Boy, I've missed a lot of discussion here!
I love books, especially reference books, and buy them cheerfully, and keep them forever . I still have math textbooks from college, and that was an embarrassingly long time ago. But I have to say that I found the quality of the PADI instruction materials I have bought -- OW, AOW, Photography (although Peter bought that one), and Rescue -- to be annoying. I found the books to be written down to a level that was really irritating. The videos were far worse, and we elected not to purchase the one for Rescue. I guess I have been a student for so many years that I just don't see the need to sugar-coat everything so that the student makes a minimal effort.
In contrast, I recently took the NAUI Nitrox course. I was impressed with the fact that the instructional manual appeared to be written for adults, and reasonably literate ones at that. Perhaps it is a difference in the level of the course -- but I bought the PADI Divemaster book during my OW class, because I was frustrated with how watered-down the information I was getting was, and found that book to be unsatisfying as well. Clay Coleman's Certified Diver's Handbook had more information and was far better written.
GUE, from which I have also taken instruction, does not have a lot of good written materials. They use JJ's book, which is absolutely written for adults and makes no pretense of making its contents palatable -- just readable. Of course, there are no tables and no calculations in it, either.
I really think diving could use some well written reference materials designed for the moderately educated adult learner -- something that uses a reasonable vocabulary and doesn't involve anybody wearing Hawaiian shirts. But that may just be me.
I love books, especially reference books, and buy them cheerfully, and keep them forever . I still have math textbooks from college, and that was an embarrassingly long time ago. But I have to say that I found the quality of the PADI instruction materials I have bought -- OW, AOW, Photography (although Peter bought that one), and Rescue -- to be annoying. I found the books to be written down to a level that was really irritating. The videos were far worse, and we elected not to purchase the one for Rescue. I guess I have been a student for so many years that I just don't see the need to sugar-coat everything so that the student makes a minimal effort.
In contrast, I recently took the NAUI Nitrox course. I was impressed with the fact that the instructional manual appeared to be written for adults, and reasonably literate ones at that. Perhaps it is a difference in the level of the course -- but I bought the PADI Divemaster book during my OW class, because I was frustrated with how watered-down the information I was getting was, and found that book to be unsatisfying as well. Clay Coleman's Certified Diver's Handbook had more information and was far better written.
GUE, from which I have also taken instruction, does not have a lot of good written materials. They use JJ's book, which is absolutely written for adults and makes no pretense of making its contents palatable -- just readable. Of course, there are no tables and no calculations in it, either.
I really think diving could use some well written reference materials designed for the moderately educated adult learner -- something that uses a reasonable vocabulary and doesn't involve anybody wearing Hawaiian shirts. But that may just be me.
daniel f aleman
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Feel free to buy the Navy Dive Manual.
JeffG
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Thats right...lets dive to yesterdays knowledge and technology.daniel f aleman:
JeffG
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Its all goodcatherine96821:
Have you all lost your freakin' minds???
This is scuba diving, it's not so hard that a normal, average intelligence adult can't understand the concepts. You all have taken it so far beyond the boundaries of reason it's absolutely ridiculous. Who says that you need a college education, much less 2 years of college level physics, to understand this stuff?
This thread has gotten so far out of hand, it seriously need a valium.
Again, people, just go diving. It really is that simple.
R
This is scuba diving, it's not so hard that a normal, average intelligence adult can't understand the concepts. You all have taken it so far beyond the boundaries of reason it's absolutely ridiculous. Who says that you need a college education, much less 2 years of college level physics, to understand this stuff?
This thread has gotten so far out of hand, it seriously need a valium.
Again, people, just go diving. It really is that simple.
R
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