Value of the DIR approach

[HowardE]

Out of the thousands of pics that I've seen, I think this is the first one I've ever seen where the diver actually gives a thumbs up. I always wondered what would happen if somebody gave the thumbs up to say "all cool" as opposed to using the another gesture. First for everything.

He was posing... for the picture... and wanted to be like Fonzie.

 

[GreenDiverDown]

He was posing... for the picture... and wanted to be like Fonzie.

... or that.

 

[Adobo]

... or that.

"Heeyyyyy"

 

[boulderjohn]

Out of the thousands of pics that I've seen, I think this is the first one I've ever seen where the diver actually gives a thumbs up. I always wondered what would happen if somebody gave the thumbs up to say "all cool" as opposed to using the another gesture. First for everything.

Somehow his reminds me of a line from the English grammar handbook I was required to buy for my Freshman English class in college too many years ago. It said that if someone were to ask, "Can I go to the bathroom?", only an English teacher would not know what he meant.

A guy gave a thumbs up sign while posing for a picture, and you think everyone would be confused and think he was calling the dive?

 

[Adobo]

Somehow his reminds me of a line from the English grammar handbook I was required to buy for my Freshman English class in college too many years ago. It said that if someone were to ask, "Can I go to the bathroom?", only an English teacher would not know what he meant.

A guy gave a thumbs up sign while posing for a picture, and you think everyone would be confused and think he was calling the dive?

Oh, I think I see why Cerich was taking exception.

I wasn't saying that at all. I was just thinking to myself that most divers pose with the okay or the kawabunga symbol. No harm intended.

 

[Charlie99]

Me, I'll stick to picking off bits and pieces and refuse to go to the Dark Side with the Borg Queen.

You are going to the Dark Side whether or not you know it. It may take her a decade, but you'll eventually get there.

Charlie

 

[Thalassamania]

Somehow his reminds me of a line from the English grammar handbook I was required to buy for my Freshman English class in college too many years ago. It said that if someone were to ask, "Can I go to the bathroom?", only an English teacher would not know what he meant.

A guy gave a thumbs up sign while posing for a picture, and you think everyone would be confused and think he was calling the dive?

I'm not an English teacher but my answer would be, "Of course you are able to."

 

[Cacia]

oh..you are giving me flashbacks to Mrs. Wheaton at the New London Academy.. So stop, okay?

I bet peter has his game down.

 

[boulderjohn]

I'm not an English teacher but my answer would be, "Of course you are able to."

I guess you think like an English teacher. (When I was an English teacher and trying to teach the difference between can and may, I would say something like, "Beats me. Do you have some sort of medical condition that would prevent you?")

The point of the grammar book was that in real life we don't get all confused --and bent out of shape--when someone makes a small grammatical error that does not interfere with communication.

The analogy with diving is similar. In the picture, the guy was not calling the dive, and no one would think he was, even though he was technically giving that signal.

 

[Nemrod]

And some people think World Peace is possible, this whole thread is why I solo dive as much as possible. Who is that guy obviously undergoing a serious event of Rapture of the Deep? Holy cow. N