Thanks everyone for your input. I'm going to be taking my rescue class here in about 3 weeks. I've been diving my butt off lately and did my advanced open water this past weekend. My dive partner for the course hadn't dove in almost 2 years and I remembered (from my OW class years ago) that huge eyeballs are a sign of panic. I was able to calm her down and reassure her. I'm really thankful that my own OW instructor for my basic class was so calm and level headed. I'm really looking forward to this course in a couple of weeks. I'll keep you guys posted and let you know how it goes.