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Old 03-22-2018, 10:31 AM
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Default Re: Captains school, teacher or students?

I teach the Safety Cert NY and NJ versions. Close to 5,000 students over past 11 years.


Students get back what they put in.

Even the most excellent of excellent instructors can only explain things if asked. He can not read minds.

Also a knowledgeable instructor does not make him a good teacher either. We've all had those. In that case the work shifts to student to ask question until he understands.


Many people just show up and that's it. And they deserve to fail because they do not know what they are doing. They boated for years and are know it alls. Very obscure crap like night lights on sea planes and submarines are part of the test. Plimsole lines? Dunnage fires? Center of buoyance vs center of gravity? Who will know that unless you teach it or boat it every day? Very very few.

Also I will go out on a limb and say that PROBABLY most licensed mariners would fail the test if retaken 10 or more years later. Simply because they only know what they deal with which is not good enough to pass the OUPV or Master's portions.
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