I received my YMCA Open Water Cert. about 6 years ago and recently
received my Advanced Open Water Cert. through PADI.  

The latter dive instructor was very knowledgeable and skilled but I
have to say that I was really put off by the PADI Training Manual.  The
text was adequate but the questions at the end of the chapters could
have been answered by children.  The questions were very simple
multiple choice or "yes" or "no" answers.  

Something like this:

"Lung expansion injuries are good for you"  (yes)  (no)

I'm really not exaggerating much at all.

I can really see now that PADI wants to virtually assure that you pass
the course.  As a result as I continue my training I will do all that I
can to avoid PADI.  I realize that the expertise of the diving
instructor is what's most important but I have no faith in an
organization which allows such dumb and self evident questions in their
training manual.  My initial YMCA Certification (written part) was a
hundred times more demanding than the PADI Advanced Cert..

Any comments will be appreciated.

Sy