On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:57:04 -0500, Reef Fish
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
(big snips)

> The professor who FLUNKS students does not give up on anybody.  It's up
> to the STUDENT to come back and SHOW (under the same training environment)
> that they DESERVE to pass -- the 2nd time around;  if not, the 3rd time
> around.

Indeed.

However as far as SCUBA is concerned, there is a problem here. SCUBA
is a *physical* as well as mental activity. As well, SCUBA Schools are
just that, they are not Colleges.

It is quite possible for a SCUBA "student" to flunk a course in one
school, go to the one up the road, and pass.

For whatever reason.

I'd like to think that this is not possible in *proper* Colleges.

> >Not everyone gets Olympic Medals either,
>
> FUC 6.2!!.  Passing a college course is like getting an Olympic Medal?

Chuckle.

> That unfortunately is the prevailing mentality in the USA!

Nope, sadly not just the USA. :(

> That's why
> not many high school grads and college grads can write English worth
> an 8th-grader's English;  that's why their MATH and SCIENCE skills
> rank far below even those in some third-world countries.

Us oldies are/think like that. :7

Third world country students have a goal to achieve. Why is it that
the children of refugees in first world countries seem to achieve so
much more, as a generality, per capita, than their native brothers and sisters?

Sorry, mostly Off Topic.

Cheers,

Christian