so yesterday we went over teaching practices and today we put them into practice. i stood in front of my peers and taught them the fundamental principles of buoyancy and the weight of water. i felt really comfortable with the presentation, i love presenting topics using aids like whiteboards or pieces of equipment, plus, physics is meant to be taught in a classroom so it was a great topic to jump in with. i was cool calm and comfortable and got the best mark in the class. after lunch my confidence was taken down a notch when i performed my demonstration in confined water, the CESA. anyone that knows scuba and a controlled emergency swimming ascent can think of how annoying and time consuming they are to do not only to teach. we are given surprise problems to catch but instead of being given two i was given three, one more than the rest, also i had the hardest skill. my director said because i was doing so well he needed to trip me up so i keep pushing myself and don't loose motivation but regardless, no one likes a "1". next time it won't happen again, i guess that's the point. tomorrow we go through it again, now with different skills to teach and demonstrate but i am just taking it one day at a time.
grocery shopping with my 5 dollars and then practice practice practice.
hope to hear from you guys soon.
posted by kate @ 3:32 PM
1 Comments:
Hi Sweetie!!
Great to hear you are on your way to becoming an instructor. I have no doubt you will do a terrific job and be the most in-demand instructor in the world of PADI.
Much love, Daddyo
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