What's a student?

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Think of the question as:
Who do You consider a 'student'
and what does it mean?

What do I as a Student can expect? (as what do they Pro think of me)

What goes around, comes later.

[labrys 0]

Some people classify anyone who isn't cleared for self supervision (IE they must have an instructor with them or assisting them) a student and refer to an unlicensed jumper as a novice.

Some people consider an unlicensed jumper a student.

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[flyangel2 2]

Anyone that is still learning. With 3,000 plus skydives, I'm still learning.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[jimjumper 25]

Everybody! There is no one who has experienced every type of malfunction, aircraft emergency, canopy landing problem, or experienced all aircraft diffences. Always learn from the people around you and use common sense to keep safe!

[muff528 3]

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Anyone that is still learning. With 3,000 plus skydives, I'm still learning.

Yes! anyone who is not a skygod.

[DSE 5]

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Think of the question as:
Who do You consider a 'student'
and what does it mean?

What do I as a Student can expect? (as what do they Pro think of me)

Me.

Anyone engaged in the process of learning.
Students can teach too, y'know?
I learn wingsuit tricks from a lot of people, but I teach more people than I learn from.
I know nothing about CRW, but currently undergoing CRW training from a couple guys here in S'nore.
I don't think there is a box to put "students" in.

[JohnMitchell 16]

Although you hopefully never stop learning, when I say skydiving student, I specifically mean someone in the training program. Then there's the gap between the AFF or S/L graduation jump and the A license. I refer to those folks as novices.

Once they have an A license, I might say "lower experience level jumper" when asking a really experienced jumper to join me on a jump with a sub-hundred jumper.

[popsjumper 2]

I only have two labels.

Youngsters and Old Guys.
(and I am not talking about age)


Now...all you "old" guys...bite me.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[theonlyski 8]

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Me.

Jumping that camera setup as a student??

We're all students, no matter how much you know, someone knows something else that you don't.

"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly
DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890
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[Niki1 1]

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Everybody! There is no one who has experienced every type of malfunction, aircraft emergency, canopy landing problem, or experienced all aircraft diffences. Always learn from the people around you and use common sense to keep safe!

That's right. You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly make them all yourself. And live.

Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done.
Louis D Brandeis

Where are we going and why are we in this basket?

[Mann 0]

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Who do You consider a 'student'
and what does it mean?

I'm a student. I'll call myself that until I get A license.

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And you look just like one!

and nothing about me is similar.. but I am one too.
and you'll get better treatment, I bet!
I would treat you better than others would

edit: sorry guys, drink is mother of all fuckups

What goes around, comes later.

[mjosparky 4]

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Anyone that is still learning. With 3,000 plus skydives, I'm still learning.

+1

None of us know it all, in skydiving or life in general. If you don't learn something new everyday you are just taking up space.

Sparky

Hey Lady I still owe you dinner.

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[JohnMitchell 16]

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And you look just like one!

and nothing about me is similar.. but I am one too.
and you'll get better treatment, I bet!
I would treat you better than others would

edit: sorry guys, drink is mother of all fuckups

Good and Incoherent. I like that.
You're on your way to being an expert skydiver.

Yes, you're right, good looking women get treated very nicely in our sport . . . and in life. You and I just gotta deal with it.

[stevebabin 0]

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Who do You consider a 'student'
and what does it mean?

I'm a student. I'll call myself that until I get A license.

I have 25 years in the sport and nearly 5000 jumps.
I hope I'm always a student.
I hope I always have a "beginner's mind".

"Science, logic and reason will fly you to the moon. Religion will fly you into buildings."
"Because figuring things out is always better than making shit up."

[mjosparky 4]

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Yes, you're right, good looking women get treated very nicely in our sport . . . and in life. You and I just gotta deal with it.

Dealing with good looking women is such a grind.
Sparky

My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

[downtoearth 0]

Were all still students there is always more to learn!

[KevinP 0]

What's a student?

Effective the 18th, ME!! :happydance:

Seriously, though? I am a leader in the Army. Have been for a few years. But I always make myself available to new ideas and guidance, even from my soldiers. I'm pretty sure that will transfer to my skydiving, regardless of how many jumps I have.

Sincerely,
Kevin

[skydived19006 4]

As used at my DZ everyone who is not yet A licensed, or A license qualified is termed a "student".

Many DZs stopped referring to tandem students as passengers for tax reasons. Amusement rides most certainly should be paying state sales tax, while student training jumps may not. Again for tax reasons, all of us who are earning money from our skydiving are students when it comes tax time. All of those so called "fun jumps" are actually training jumps/re-currency jumps, working toward another rating, etc., therefore tax deductible!

Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else.

AC DZ