How about these:
1. with a farmer john type wetsuit, fold it inside out down to the crotch first, put it on your legs up to the fold and then kind of roll it on the rest of the way up. A lot easier than trying to pull it on. Take it off the same way.
2.If the top of the wetsuit has a zipper that goes all the way down the frount and splits one leg, start the zipper a few inches BEFORE putting in both legs and pulling it up, then zip it up. It is a lot easier to get the zipper going than to start it after it is on.
3 A nylon skin put on before the wetsuit make it go on and come off a lot easier.......guess panty hose work as well but I defer to SM and Buff for that!
4. Do a good buoyancy check if at all possible at the end of each dive (might as well make the wait to get on the boat usefull) and adjust accordingly. Then LOG IT, including every thing you had on, how much weigh you had and how you felt about your weighting. After a while you build a pretty good reference guide to use when that same situation arrises or you add/remove equipment.
5. You are NOT taught how to dive in class, rather you are taught enough to give you the tools you need to learn how to be a good diver. The real learning begins after you get your cert card and start diving on your own. Find a good buddy and practice in a easy, familiar enviroment before heading off on the dive trip of a lifetime.
That what you are looking for??