[Please remove all old content that is not pertinent to your reply including old headers and footers. It's list policy.... this post was modified to meet policy] I too quite like a set of goals I can work towards, which is the real value of certification for me. Apologies for picking nits, but Jen has had 5 stars for quite a while. What she recently earned was Level 5. Stars are a paddling award (i.e. you have these paddling skills) and Level 5 is a coaching award (i.e. you have these coaching/teaching skills). ---Rick On Jan 15, 2009, at 11:58 AM, Mark Sanders wrote: > I think I may concentrate on getting some stars this year. Not > because I think it's the be all end all of kayak certification, but at least it > provides some objective goals to make. Most of the kayak instruction I've > gotten in the past was just too basic to have much impact, but that wasn't > the case at GGSKS. Perhaps the thing to do is get a small group and get > someone to take you out to learn in more challenging conditions. > Besides, now that Jen has her 5 stars, I can go down there and learn > from the best! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jan 16 2009 - 03:51:30 PST
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