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Personally i have to agree with Stephania... i loved the hands on experience right away! it's really the only way that i retain information...
i can understand what SS is talking about but at the same time everybody has different learning techniques! like some need to learn in a classroom and than taking the "classroom" stuff at home and the actual dives in Belize is prob a better idea! but if u need the hands on experience to learn it may be best to do everything in Belize!
So really it's all up to u and what u think is best for ur own learning experiences!! enjoy ur trip and ur scuba lessons!
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How many dives do you have now ida?
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not maybe but what does have to do with anything!!
all i know is that i'm happy i got the hands on that i did!! but like i said EVERYBODY is different right!
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It may not have anything to do with what you've retained. Mayhap you've retained everything you should have done.
True enough everyone is different, but learning patterns are pretty much established for the majority. And I am talking about what will be retained regarding physics, etc, not just how to clear your mask. My concern is how much a student retains of what they were taught, assuming they were taught all of the required materials and did the book study as they were supposed to do.
I'm certainly not arguing a "hands on" approach as you call it. This happens in the pool sessions and the open water portions of a properly instructed course, regardless.
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True... but personally just reading material doesn't do anything for me... for example while i was in school i found it harder to retain much by just reading until i found my own way to learn!
unfortunately though instructors do teach the way that they want to and the way they are most comfortable with! for me i got lucky to have an instructor that taught me in a way that i would retain things!
i did after my certification maybe like a month or 2 later re-read my book! it was a good refresher... but in a way that yeah i remember doing that or being told!
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But Ida, doing the whole course in the water means you miss out on the hilarious cheesey videos in class! Also, did they teach you dive tables and that junk?
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I think doing your confined water skills in a pool about 12 ft. deep is better than the ocean in about 6 ft. of water, which is why I would recommend doing your class & water time at home & check out dives at S.P. But it really depends on your comfort level in the water, It may take you 15-20 dives to feel the comfort level in the ocean, everyone is different.
P.S. you still have to watch the videos even in S.P. I believe
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Maybe so, but apparently you get to watch them from the water.
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We recently had a diver who had a PADI Open Water card obtained in Texas about 15 years ago. He was adamant that the entire course was taught in a single weekend, with no formal classroom sessions and just one dive (in a quarry). Mind you, I know someone in England who was given his PADI Rescue Diver card by mail order - never even met the "instructor".
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