I guess everyone has one of those days... I am sure you will become a very good educator since you care about the teaching that much. Here is a story of a person who weren't just cut out to be a teacher. I dabbled at private tutoring twice in college. Both times, I got fired, within a month or so. I think I am pretty good at answering a specific question, but I had no idea of how to prepare a strategy and a curriculum for achieving the goal of my student, or how to go about it. One was a math tutoring for a high school student that my old homeroom teacher recommended me to. The thing was he was already doing fairly well at school and I just didn't know how to be a good teacher. And I don't think I particularly cared that much to get well-prepared. The other was an English tutoring for a high school classmate who was taking the college entrance exam again. I didn't want to do it, but he wouldn't have it otherwise, either. So, I tried because I felt responsible. But the thing was, I didn't learn English the "usual" way and I just couldn't transfer the knowledge as he can receive it. I think we mutually decided that he shouldn't find a new tutor after a couple of months. Anyway, I think teaching is a totally different thing from learning. It requires the knowlege, a special personality, the passion and the techniques. If teaching is your chosen path, I think you have at least some of them. Good luck. Hong. -- 2002-05-14 ------------------------- http://www.sori.org/hongcho/ -- Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today, because if you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow. -------------------------------------- http://www.pbase.com/hongcho/ --