SolarStorm
Contributor
My wife decided to join my daughter and myself diving. I should have signed her up at the same Shop my daughter and I used, but its an hour drive and their pool times are less than optimum.
I screwed up and changed shops. I have been through 2 OWD courses each with 5 or fewer people. There is actually another shop sharing the pool with my wifes class. (large college pool) It also has 5 people in its class with 2 instructors.
My wifes class has 15 with 2 instructors. They are rushing through material while spending a hour today showing videos of their shark dives. The pool is exceptionally crowded and individual attention is minimized. I actually havent seen a lot of verification of skills presented. And with only 3 hours left tomorrow, I am not sure all skills will be covered.
She was nervous about diving to start with and this experience has not helped. I have already talked to her about us doing some of our own pool time as she wants to spend some time practicing some of the skills. instead of rushing through them. This class size forces a very rushed pace especially if there are a few timid students. (there are, and my wife is one of them)
I am taking a break now as we just finished reviewing the dive tables, as she said they had to rush through them class (see shark video above)
Couple of questions:
1. Is this a usual class size and I have just seen the exceptions?
2. Does PADI have a maximum student/instructor ratio?
In the future I will remember to ask what the class size actually is, along with the class hours. The two guys teaching are kinda making it up as they go along.
I screwed up and changed shops. I have been through 2 OWD courses each with 5 or fewer people. There is actually another shop sharing the pool with my wifes class. (large college pool) It also has 5 people in its class with 2 instructors.
My wifes class has 15 with 2 instructors. They are rushing through material while spending a hour today showing videos of their shark dives. The pool is exceptionally crowded and individual attention is minimized. I actually havent seen a lot of verification of skills presented. And with only 3 hours left tomorrow, I am not sure all skills will be covered.
She was nervous about diving to start with and this experience has not helped. I have already talked to her about us doing some of our own pool time as she wants to spend some time practicing some of the skills. instead of rushing through them. This class size forces a very rushed pace especially if there are a few timid students. (there are, and my wife is one of them)
I am taking a break now as we just finished reviewing the dive tables, as she said they had to rush through them class (see shark video above)
Couple of questions:
1. Is this a usual class size and I have just seen the exceptions?
2. Does PADI have a maximum student/instructor ratio?
In the future I will remember to ask what the class size actually is, along with the class hours. The two guys teaching are kinda making it up as they go along.