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#28739	What Do You Believe? RAWalker - 1/24/2011 12:41 AM View Member Topics Category: Survey Replies: 61
	Do you believe divers when they make statements like... I could be a dive instructor but i choose NOT to become an instructor. Or, I’m every bit as good a diver as any instructor.

Answer Choices

#1 It’s just safer to ignore and avoid braggarts like that and learn from certified instructors.

13 (21.3%)

#2 I think their mouths are writing checks that their bodies can’t cash.

3 (4.9%)

#3 Maybe it’s true for a very small number of divers but most are talking out of the wrong orifice.

34 (55.7%)

#4 No way! Unless they have become a Divemaster and been through an Instructor development course they don’t have any idea of the knowledge they are missing.

6 (9.8%)

#5 Sure, and that swamp land I bought was a great investment.

5 (8.2%)

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divershaun - 2/26/2011 3:07 AM

[Choose #3] I know I could be because I have more training then most instructors out there!! I just don’t want to be in charge of a bunch of dumbasses

#506	steelheadfish - 2/08/2011 3:41 PM [Choose #3] i find it a waste of money for DM/instructor training most or instructors are not someone i want to follow

#211	ConchDiver - 2/08/2011 12:08 PM [Choose #1] Although I’ve run into my share of instructors who are braggarts and just simply blowhards

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tazzer9797 - 2/07/2011 7:19 PM

[Choose #3] I have no desire to be a DM or instructor. I do however learn as much as I can to be the best diver "I" can be. DEosent mean I an beter than or woese than anyone. Means I am trying to be the best "I" can be plain and simple

#110	Muzz09 - 2/07/2011 3:04 PM [Choose #1] Actually who really cares! It’s nothing to get your shorts in a knot about!

#90	Farney - 2/02/2011 2:23 PM [Choose #3] It’s possible that they could easily be knowledgable enough, but I have a rule of not believing most things people just say.

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diverray - 1/30/2011 3:42 PM

[Choose #4] Being a good experienced diver and being an instructor are really two different things with different training and skills.

#1753

Laura - 1/29/2011 4:41 PM

[Choose #3] Some "instructors" just zipped through all the classes and really don’t have enough real experience to be good instructors

#571	123654J - 1/29/2011 11:07 AM [Choose #3] Being a Good Diver has nothinging to do with being an instructor. An instructors value is not only in his/her diving ability but in their ability torelate that information to the student.