Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I really enjoyed this video.
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Great to watch, and overall, I agree. There's the theory of interference that @boulderjohn has brought up in another thread, and it has changed the way I look at teaching. Teach students what they need to know, and nothing more. Don't overwhelm them with too much. Hence specialty classes.Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I really enjoyed this video.
I wonder if the criticism of modern training (and hoping not to reopen this debate) is founded on a difference in confidence once certified.
In my part of the country, water is cold, dark, and in some places fast. Most new divers don't meet WRSTC requirements in that they need to be babysat with a pro or experienced diver. Most don't know how to plan a dive really. All agency materials are pretty poor in that respect IMHO.Is it confidence or bravado? I newly certified and conservative by nature. In no way to I feel confident and I think it is better that way. I recently paid for a dive boat trip, after paying, I learned the dive would likely be beyond my experience level. I verified my feelings with one of the instructors at the dive shop and put the money toward a tank instead.
A person has to know their limitations.
I saw that in the 70s, 80s and 90s.I now see people who can't assemble their own gear. Can't monitor their own air. Can't figure out a simple o-ring issue on a tank valve.