Can't reply, for some reason my posts are being restricted or censored now.None of us are reliant on our buddy. Period. I can (and god knows I have) manage any issue by myself.
Having a buddy makes it easier and better.
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Can't reply, for some reason my posts are being restricted or censored now.None of us are reliant on our buddy. Period. I can (and god knows I have) manage any issue by myself.
Having a buddy makes it easier and better.
In theory, they should concentrate on instructions and education. There is an anonymous survey at the end of each course, and students evaluate instructors on several points, including this one. From my experience, all instructors I know focus on education/instruction and give feedback even if you pass the course with stellar performances (there is always some margin to improve, right?).Do the GUE instructors act as instructors/educators or just concentrate on being a "Pass/No Pass" filters?
Agree; but here there is a discussion about provisional vs. failure. For most people, provisional is not failure, some others consider it a failure.NOTE: When the failure rate in any given course is high or even intermediate, this is a reflection on the agency and instructor NOT on the students. It isn't something to boast about by the instructor and agency. The instructor failed the students.
I think actually most people do not fail but get a provisional which is not a hard fail but you get points to work and fix then you can just pass the class later when you are ready?Do the GUE instructors act as instructors/educators or just concentrate on being a "Pass/No Pass" filters? As a neutral observer here, I come away from monitoring the talk about "failure" of people in GUE courses with the impression that GUE instructors and agency thrive and want people to fail rather than help and guide students to learn and succeed. This is the recurrent theme in ALL the posts I have been reading and monitoring related to GUE.
NOTE: When the failure rate in any given course is high or even intermediate, this is a reflection on the agency and instructor NOT on the students. It isn't something to boast about by the instructor and agency. The instructor failed the students.
(obviously you need to find a teammate who would do the same thing)
If your failures are solo skills I imagine you can, but I found that in the second class I did with GUE, some of the hardest skills were teamwork related.You can't do a "one on one" remedial training with GUE instructors?
There’s a ton of instruction. These classes are like a week longDo the GUE instructors act as instructors/educators or just concentrate on being a "Pass/No Pass" filters? As a neutral observer here, I come away from monitoring the talk about "failure" of people in GUE courses with the impression that GUE instructors and agency thrive and want people to fail rather than help and guide students to learn and succeed. This is the recurrent theme in ALL the posts I have been reading and monitoring related to GUE.
NOTE: When the failure rate in any given course is high or even intermediate, this is a reflection on the agency and instructor NOT on the students. It isn't something to boast about by the instructor and agency. The instructor failed the students.
Same. My only GUE card is Tech 2. I was taught side mount cave from a GUE instructor before it was a course because I don’t care about a card. GUE isn’t nearly as rigid as the detractors want to make it out to be. Fundamentals only exists because too few students had the necessary basic skills to make it through tech 1 or cave 1. The steps are there because for the majority they need them.Oh. You can do that. I did not take tech 1 and went straight to tech 2. You need to be pretty ******* good though because if you are not, you ruin the class for others, which as you noted is very very expensive
For this reason it is exceedingly rare
When you lay out that much cash for a class you expect that you aren’t going to get saddled with someone that is totally lost because it really can cause you to fail as wellSame. My only GUE card is Tech 2. I was taught side mount cave from a GUE instructor before it was a course because I don’t care about a card. GUE isn’t nearly as rigid as the detractors want to make it out to be. Fundamentals only exists because too few students had the necessary basic skills to make it through tech 1 or cave 1. The steps are there because for the majority they need them.
Well, it varies by instructor. A lot. Typically newer instructors schedule more days. I asked an IE about the variance and he said something to the effect that as you become a better/more experienced instructor you figure out how to do it faster. But I think it also goes into experienced instructors knowing when there isn’t enough time to fix some things and finish the class on time.There’s a ton of instruction. These classes are like a week long
IIRC you have to test out in person with a GUE instructor examiner and demonstrate that you can do all the tasks needed for entry into that class to the standard expected of graduates of the classes you are skipping. Based on the class I took from an IE, that isn’t going to be possible unless you are really a rock solid tech diver with no stupid habits.Same. My only GUE card is Tech 2. I was taught side mount cave from a GUE instructor before it was a course because I don’t care about a card. GUE isn’t nearly as rigid as the detractors want to make it out to be. Fundamentals only exists because too few students had the necessary basic skills to make it through tech 1 or cave 1. The steps are there because for the majority they need them.