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Amen brother, There in lies the failure of our educational system. The holier tha thou attitude has hindered more students than ever. In our present vast knowledge overload, the instructor must learn to faclitate to the utmost. It is virtually impossible to keep up with all the material. I have found that once you help the students start up and tell them you don't have the answers but lets work it out in teams or group sessions the learning curve is tremendous. I teach using this method and have been able to cover large amounts of information in short periods of time, then go back and help the ones who need additional guidance. Standard joke in my class is that I give DUMB LOOKS for FREE and then ask have you checked the manual, text, etc? How many bosses stand around waiting to help you complete your work? This only happens in the educational environment. In 3D wire, I gave a problem to solve and then a 20 minute demo. Broke the group into teams of 2 and had each team "specialize" in one process then demo to the rest of the group. Great interaction and questions are first directed to the "specialist" then the rest of the members. Good team skills are learned. I'm the last resort and then it usually is yeah, another DUMB LOOK! It's not always smooth, but it weanes them. BTW I'm lousy at Civil, any suggestions for good class project?? Oh no, please not a DL! grin Ciao, Joe