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Not quite sure of why, though. My club's got a neat nitrox blender system, so I guess that's one reason. Also, I've passed the big 5-0, and folks keep telling me that nitrox is the way to go to reduce post-dive fatigue (yeah, I know the jury's still out and there's no conclusive evidence that it does. But it reduces saturation, and I'm pretty sure there's a correlation between saturation/multiple dives and wanting to hit the bunk at 7pm). I guess that's another reason. And besides, since I'm the safety officer in my club, it feels kinda necessary to be nitrox certified since I'm actually responsible for the blending system. Knowledge is one thing, certification is another. And since most of us don't know what we don't know, reading up on the subject by oneself carries a certain risk of having overlooked some important issue, so I guessed that getting the cert was sort of sensible.
Funny thing is, due to some mis-communication with the dive shop, I never got any message about picking up the book before the course started. So I (and my son, BTW) showed up totally, completely unprepared. Hadn't read a line in the nitrox manual. Oh well, let's try to take the knowledge review questions and try our hand at the exam. We were told that if we failed, we could drop by the store to try again after reading up. Well, that wasn't necessary. Score was 24/25, (for both of us), so we both passed comfortably.
Is it scary that it's completely feasible to pass the course without any cramming whatsoever?
Funny thing is, due to some mis-communication with the dive shop, I never got any message about picking up the book before the course started. So I (and my son, BTW) showed up totally, completely unprepared. Hadn't read a line in the nitrox manual. Oh well, let's try to take the knowledge review questions and try our hand at the exam. We were told that if we failed, we could drop by the store to try again after reading up. Well, that wasn't necessary. Score was 24/25, (for both of us), so we both passed comfortably.
Is it scary that it's completely feasible to pass the course without any cramming whatsoever?