NetDoc:
There is none.
NetDoc:
They are happy and so am I!
Very good. Me too.
NetDoc:
how is someone's opinion a "lie"?
When it disputes the facts.
NetDoc:
I don't see this being argued.
Open your eyes. It's argued here frequently.
NetDoc:
I truly believe this: it's NO LIE.
I'll grant you that one is opinion and therefore not technically a lie, but it's misleading none the less.
NetDoc:
The instructor makes more difference than any other mitigating factor other than student attitude.
It's possible for that to be the case, but it's very rare. Most instructors teach by following standards to the letter. Many are not even aware there's another way to teach.
NetDoc:
In fact, I would say that those who say differently have an Anti-PADI agenda (which you have) and are the REAL liars.
No agenda, anti-PADI or otherwise. I do have a low opinion of PADI's standards, but that's based on the standards themselves and the results they produce. I bend over backward to be fair about PADI.
NetDoc:
Hey, PADI sued you. They lost! Life goes on!
PADI sued Diverlink, I was a witness. They did lose. Life went on years ago. In fact, the suit took very little of my time and attention even when it was happening.
NetDoc:
Don't harbor the bitterness any further.
No bitterness on my part, but judging from memos I saw, there just may be bitterness from others.
NetDoc:
Very few people even CARE about the minuscule issues you raise
Perhaps, but there are those who do and they have the same right to the type of class they want. Misleading people undermines that right.
NetDoc:
It seems that the ONLY ONE not happy about their course is YOU
If they are happy, I'm happy.
NetDoc:
frankly who cares about you? AND when you spew your elitism, if anyone DARES oppose you, you play the "you accept advertising" trump card.
Talk about bitterness, it seems I'm not the one eaten up with bitterness. One time I mentioned the motivation for your change of opinion about training might not have the purest of motives. Once and only once. I understand your anger, but it's not good to hold on to the anger, let it go, Pete.
There's no elitism in anything advocated by me.
Elitism - The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.
The methods I advocate make learning to dive
easier, allowing those who can't cut the typical class to dive. It's the opposite of elitism as it makes diving a possibility for those to whom it would otherwise be impossible.
NetDoc:
It's just as valid as you being biased by PADI suing you.
PADI did not sue me. I do admit I dislike PADI's standards and because of actions they took during their law suit against Diverlink, I have no respect for PADI management, but being aware of those feelings, I try very hard to examine everything regarding PADI very carefully to be fair.
NetDoc:
You are the one who keeps bringing up the suit. Except when it comes up in discussions like this, I rarely give it any thought at all. Perhaps you are the one who needs to give it a rest.
NetDoc:
I've seen your students. I would not ever call them DM quality.
Then we are in agreement.
NetDoc:
I think that's just a self perpetuating myth so you sound like you are an uber instructor or something.
How could that be? You are the one who made the asinine statement. I disputed it.
NetDoc:
Great! Let them find an appropriate INSTRUCTOR to do just that.
Exactly my point.