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This weekend was a little scary, really long, and really tiring.

But we made it. I—along with 3 friends—stepped into my scuba instructor exam with trepidation.

Let me describe my experience:

• Finished a Theory exam (five parts dealing in Physics, Physiology, Dive Planning, Environment, and Equipment) in 25 minutes. We were given 1.5 hours. I was the first one done. Passed.
• Finished a Standards exam in an hour. We had 1.5. Passed.
• Scored 25 on my skill circuit. That’s full marks across 5 skills. Passed.
• Did my confined water presentation (this is where we demonstrate and then have students do the skills in a pool). I was expecting each student to have a problem, but the examiner didn’t give problems to everyone. Freaked me out a little. Passed.
• Prescriptive teaching lesson (where we teach a presentation based on a question from an exam or knowledge review). I actually took some time thinking about my presentation, which tripped me up. My group had to wait for my turn (they were already done). Sorry, team. Passed.
• Open water presentation (no demos. Just the student proving that they can do the skill and me reinforcing proper conduct). Again, not everyone was given a problem. Passed.
• Rescue assessment. Examiner said it was one of the best he had seen in a long time. I think that means I passed.

All in all, I did really well. Surprisingly better than I thought. And my teammates (Tanya, Marla, and Colten) did really well too (we were all pretty even in the running. No-one showed up any other …which was nice, since that wasn’t the point of this).

To celebrate, I woke up at 7:30 AM, this morning (stupid internal clock), and promptly forced myself back to sleep until 11 AM. Probably a mistake and a good waste of a day, but after working so hard to get there, I needed a break.

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