There´s another thread on the board that got me thinking...
I´m doing my DM right now (PADI if it matters).
There are some standards that I have routinely violated in the past. Before I started my training I decided that I would follow the standards of my agency as closely as I am able.
Before the first theory session was over my instructor had detailed a variety of ways in which he routinely violates standards. It is not that I disagree with his rationale for doing so and I belive that his violations improve the quality of instruction for both his regular students and us DM-candidates but they are still standards-violations.
How do you feel about the standards of your agency? Do you feel obliged to follow them? Do you?
I´m doing my DM right now (PADI if it matters).
There are some standards that I have routinely violated in the past. Before I started my training I decided that I would follow the standards of my agency as closely as I am able.
Before the first theory session was over my instructor had detailed a variety of ways in which he routinely violates standards. It is not that I disagree with his rationale for doing so and I belive that his violations improve the quality of instruction for both his regular students and us DM-candidates but they are still standards-violations.
How do you feel about the standards of your agency? Do you feel obliged to follow them? Do you?