--- Angelo Pardinas <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Ed wrote :
>
> <snip>
> >This last class I helped with, a class of 6, had 2
> >eleven year old boys in it. In both cases the Dad
> was
> >a certified diver & wanted sonny boy to dive with.
> <snip>
> >The other one panicked on his first dive, only made
> it
> >2 feet under water. I had to drag him back to
> shore,
> >whimpering & blubbering.
> >At Dad's insistence he went out for the 2nd dive,
> with
> >an AI holding his hand the whole dive. He did pass
> the
> >minimum standards & was certified. <shudder>
>
>   Sheeeesh, I hope that I don't get to read about
> them in a future issue of
> Rodale's "Lessons For Life" column.
> Out of curiosity - I mean how did the kid pass if an
> AI had been holding
> his hand the whole dive ? Didn't the instructor have
> the option to 'fail'
> him ? I mean if <knock on wood> the kid died on his
> first dive there's a
> big change that he'll get sued.

The AI actually did hold his hand on the way down,
then was next to him the entire dive. To be fair, once
the kid got to the bottom he was fine & I'm told that
he did okay on his skills. I stayed away from & let
the instructors & AIs deal with him. I got to buddy up
with the cute blond. Hey, somebody had to do it.
Ed

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