I have completed my 4 OW confined dives. Question 1 should all 4 confined dives been crammed into one day (10am-2pm)? and is a class size of 10 too large for 1 instructor?
I have passed my skills for the 4 confined dives but am not totally comfortable with all of them. (I had trouble with the alternate breathing source, put in in upside down the first time.)
Also should I say something to the owner about my concerns? We got in the pool, and after we all checked out with the 100 yd swim. immediately put on bc's and within a few minutes were checking out on skills- demonstrated one or twicew by instructor and then tested one at a time immediately after with no practice- is this normal??
also in the classroom portion of the course we rushed through (right before the quizzes and final the instructor went through the quiz book and pretty much gave us the answers (While I knew them already, I was a little concerned about this practice)- is this the usual for PADI certification classes.
any feed back would be appreciated- I want to know if i should take the class again elsewhere, report the school or if i am just being nervina.
Debbie
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4 dives is a violation of training standards for most agencies... maybe all and should be reported to the appropriate agency. PADI, SSI, NAUI and the rest do not allow more than 3 dives on a single day for students in training. I will be happy to assist you with how to approach this if you PM (private message) me. I'm glad you made it out OK... and think you should pursue continuing with a shop that does not violate standards. It is possible the owner is not aware of the situation... so to be fair, I would certainly say something to him/her.