Whenever I have taken classes, or do anything for that matter, I do the best that I can. If there is someone evaluating me so be it. If I don't meet some criteria by which they are evaluating me so be it. The bottom line is that I do my best and for me that is enjoyment and a sense of accomplishment. Incidentally, I do not recall any evaluations that I have failed to meet the criteria. Fun is a state of mind. Even on a dive in Belize with a very strong current and the dive guide "disappeared" leaving 6 of us, I still salvaged the dive by analyzing the situation and developing a plan of action to get us all safely back to a boat (As it turns out it was our boat.) Because the 6 of us had just met on the ride out, I prepared myself as to whom I would be diving and sort of interviewed everyone in the group through conversation. It paid off.1. Have see a number of SB posts of the form "if you do or think x then you have no business being in the water"
2. I think that the lack of a definition of "fun" accounts for half the posts in this thread. To some challenging is fun. To some practice is fun. Some classes were not fun but they were rewarding and I liked what I got out of them. To some fun is all gee wiz or tee hee. Etc etc. Personally being evaluated is not fun, and doing skills in a class is evaluation in my mind but I still take classes that are related to interests of mine when I can find them.
I'm not saying this can be done every time, but the dive was still "fun" because I was able to use what skills I had and saw some interesting marine life.
I later let the dive company have a piece of my mind.
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