Do you dread the table portion of classes?

[SkimFisher]

...because I do.

I'm taking my Nitrox class next week and just finished the book yesterday. I did not find the tables to be difficult or confusing. However, based on the trouble most people have in the OW class with the RDP - I can only IMAGINE what my class is going to be like next week with these tables.

I was lucky with my OW in that it was just me and one other person in the "classroom" portion. We both new how to use the tables by the time we showed up that morning and as a result spent maybe 15-20 mins going over them in class. Our instructor told us that his previous class took about 4 hours to get the tables down.

I'm looking at this Nitrox book and trying to figure out why I need two classroom sessions for this next week. Geeze...

 

[Aquabear]

Nitrox is my next course. My LDS said its avail online now. Maybe the shop ur using gives extra training, which is nice.

 

[Michael_Lambert]

Honesty,

By the time you get into your nitrox course you really should be pretty proficient with your tables. Which agency are you doing the Nitrox Training with?

If anything i would suggest that the Calculations required for nitrox is much harder than use your tables

 

[cudachaser]

Tables are my favorite class to teach

Joe

 

[SkimFisher]

Honesty,

By the time you get into your nitrox course you really should be pretty proficient with your tables. Which agency are you doing the Nitrox Training with?

If anything i would suggest that the Calculations required for nitrox is much harder than use your tables

That's what I thought too. We'll see. I'm doing the PADI course. They teach the calcs too. It's not difficult stuff, but then again I've never strayed far from math in my daily life. I can understand how someone that has not picked up a math book in a few years could have some trouble with the calcs.

Should have looked into the e-learning...

 

[SkimFisher]

Tables are my favorite class to teach

Joe

Oh, I enjoy the tables. I like puzzles, math problems, so on and so forth. So I look at it like that. I've just heard some horror stories is all.

 

[Michael_Lambert]

Honestly even the calculations, once taught and you understand what formula you use for what calculation its not all that hard... My hardest part was getting the formula straight

 

[Mitchell]

It seems that most folks need a leeson in calculator usage. I usually start there so we are all on the same page. I then work with the tables and explain what each part means. I've had classes that took fours and have had classes that took eight hours. Usually taught after work so it can be a late night. The exam can take about an hour. Two nights is the preferred method when working with students that need a complete table refresher. The formulas are straight forward. Sometimes students have a tough time understand how to use them.

 

[fnfalman]

I bought the dive computer, pushed a few buttons. Voila!!! Magic.

 

[fisheater]

In my OW class, I enjoyed the tables part.

For many years, I'd read and heard about the dreaded "dive tables." It was this mysterious, difficult, arcane science that meant the difference between life and death to those who were brave enough and qualified enough to dare the deep.

So, when I got the chance to learn the tables, I viewed it as a rite of passage. On the other side, I'd truly be one of the annointed - a diver.

On the other hand, if you just want to get a card and go diving, I imagine it could be an annoyance to learn the tables when you're really going to use a computer and not put any thought into what the computer's doing for you.