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#129592 11/15/06 10:26 AM
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It was once boosted to me not to long ago that: I was taking too much time with a couple of students; and he could have run the whole class in an afternoon at the end of the pier, and had them in the ocean that afternoon.

Some may be offended: PADI writes their books on a fifth grade level. In class and pool you should be presented with everything at least three times. With a few a students the requirements don't change, time is essential in the learning process, you have got to have time to absorb what you are learning/doing. On vacation does anyone really absorb anything other than the coconut rum, the beach and sunsets.

Do your learning at home support you local dive shop and if you like your instructor take them with you. If you would like to get a bit more techie go with SSI or TDI. PADI still teachs the world to dive and quotes 85% or the worlds divers as thiers.


Of course all of this is mute point if your french.


I read it on the internet so it must be true.
#129593 11/15/06 01:11 PM
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jzb... i didn't have to watch any videos and i'm happy about that! i usually fall asleep during them anyway!!! haha! as for the tables... i was teaching my friend them! i know them very well... that was actually something that the instructor went over and over and over with us until we KNEW it! in other words all the actual important stuff like safety... he took his time with to make sure that we knew it! the draining of our masks wasn't as important as the safety u know!

j dog... ur right about the comfort level! everybody is different! i was more nervous about the a pool dive that i did a LONG time ago than i was to be in the ocean even at my first 60 foot dive!

#129594 11/15/06 03:09 PM
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Ida - don't know when you did your cert or who with, but with PADI watching the videos is mandatory nowadays.

#129595 11/17/06 09:37 AM
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We did it in may and we didn't have to watch any videos


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#129596 11/17/06 12:43 PM
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Well your instructor broke PADI standards.

#129597 11/17/06 12:59 PM
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i don't even think i watched a video when i was here in Canada when i did in introduction to Scuba!

#129598 11/17/06 01:04 PM
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As a matter of symantics did you watch a DVD, not a video as in VCR but video on a DVD?


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#129599 11/17/06 01:06 PM
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no...

DVD's were too expensive than!! LOL!! besides that was with my high school... i still don't think they have DVD's there! well i wouldn't be surprised!

#129600 11/17/06 09:12 PM
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Introduction to Scuba? I don't think that is the full course, is it Peter?


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#129601 11/18/06 09:11 AM
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No it isn't. That's a non-certification level - you don't get a card. What you do for it is some basic classroom training (including watching a video - mandatory!), a practical introduction to the equipment and a session in shallow water to learn some basic skills, ending in a real dive at a (shallow) real dive site.

The full Open Water course has a lot of classroom work, five videos to watch, several tests plus a final exam, two or more hours in shallow water to learn and practice skills, and four dives to graduated depths.

The lower level "Scuba Diver" course follows the pattern of the OW course, but with fewer skills, three videos, and only two dives. No final exam in this one.

Other agencies follow pretty well the same pattern as PADI, but use different names. Some confusingly use the same term "Scuba Diver" for different levels (though I think the fault is PADI's).

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