Comments on: My first Open Water course (aka Baptism Of Fire!) http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2006/10/11/my-first-open-water-course-aka-baptism-of-fire/ Scuba diving in Okinawa, and all things to do with Japan Wed, 7 Jan 2009 17:27:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Guy at the airport http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2006/10/11/my-first-open-water-course-aka-baptism-of-fire/#comment-633 Guy at the airport Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:44:29 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2006/10/11/my-first-open-water-course-aka-baptism-of-fire/#comment-633 Good stuff Dave. Hope you enjoy teaching the courses and it's a steep learning curve indeed. It will probably take a couple of courses before you're happy on how to teach it, but once you got the hang, just remember to keep an open eye and mind on other ways of doing things possibly in different ways than you did before. Never stop learning! A group of 5 students is pretty good to start off with, I'm sure you were happy to have a Divemaster with you. Did you pay her enough? Good luck and stay wet. Good stuff Dave.

Hope you enjoy teaching the courses and it’s a steep learning curve indeed. It will probably take a couple of courses before you’re happy on how to teach it, but once you got the hang, just remember to keep an open eye and mind on other ways of doing things possibly in different ways than you did before. Never stop learning!
A group of 5 students is pretty good to start off with, I’m sure you were happy to have a Divemaster with you. Did you pay her enough?

Good luck and stay wet.

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