[Young Werther]

I had a elementary school history teacher who said, "I am a certified teacher but during my schooling I was not shown where the screw top in on your head was. I can't uncap you skull and pour in knowledge but I can teach you to LEARN!

I grew up in a suburb of Newark and being close to New York, boy did we learn. Trips to the Museum of Natural History, a trip to a Broadway play, a trip to Edison's laboratory, and history readings in science history, literature history, and broadway's history including visiting George M Cohens stature at Times Square sure did the trick!

Another of my teachers was the USA 1960 Assistant Olympic Swimming coach. I earned my Water Safety Instructor certificate by following his teaching paradigm.

D.O.T. First your must Do. Then you must Observe. then you can Teach. A DOT. com before the Internet!

[jazusamo]

We need thousands more like you had. I had several but I also had some duds and that was a lot of years ago.