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I
took
the
PADI
Open
Water
course
some
time
ago
and
I
was
surprised
how
terrible
the
course
in
Agaete
was,
after
seeing
mostly
positive
reviews.
Among
all
other
things,
the
worst
sin
that
it
DOESN'T
teach
you
all
the
required
skills.
The
other
people
that
did
the
course
with
me
didn't
even
get
the
basic
skill
of
staying
buoyant.
It's
not
their
fault
-
they
weren't
given
any
feedback
on
that
even
when
they
asked
about
it.
They
didn't
get
an
opportunity
to
practice
it.
How
can
you
teach
someone
diving
and
not
focus
on
this
crucial
part?
I
feel
bad
for
them
because
they
were
easily
tired
because
of
that
and
really
discouraged
from
such
a
beautiful
thing
as
diving.
Lack
of
proper
feedback
and
no
practicing
on
improving
was
a
recurring
theme.
We
never
practiced
some
safety
procedures
that
the
theory
course
says
we
should
have
practiced,
like
losing
weights
in
case
of
an
emergency.
We
weren't
even
SHOWN
a
diving
computer.
We
got
certificates
very
very
late
and
were
told
it's
usually
how
it
is
-
no
it
is
not,
normally
people
get
it
within
a
couple
of
days.
Which
caused
some
lost
opportunities
to
dive
while
on
the
island.
I
had
an
opportunity
to
dive
later
somewhere
east
on
the
island,
they
were
surprised
how
many
important
things
I
was
not
shown
in
my
course
here.
What's
more,
it's
more
expensive
than
other
places,
yet
had
fewer
dives
(I
think
even
fewer
than
normally
required
for
PADI
certification).
Maybe
that's
why
so
many
things
were
missing.
I'm
sure
they're
great
divers.
But
not
so
good
teachers.
Perhaps
the
individual
dives
are
better
-
I
don't
know,
but
this
is
NOT
the
place
to
learn
diving.
A
smaller
thing
that
I
don't
understand:
people
here
post
these
beautiful
pictures
they
were
taken.
We
only
got
one
picture
taken,
on
the
surface
before
the
dive
-
and
even
this
one
picture
was
never
sent
to
us,
even
though
we
asked
and
reminded.
I
just
wish
I
had
done
it
somewhere
else.
And
I
wish
there
was
a
better
way
to
filter
the
reviews
by
the
specific
service
people
used,
because
maybe
the
average
for
people
doing
the
certification
is
much
lower
(or
they
just
don't
do
it
here
and
come
for
something
else).
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