>> she must be close to 100 years Wow, and yeah, I definitely had some teachers, maybe max 3, that taught me so much, I'll be forever grateful. What I really mean by my comment (which is a quote by a homeschool pioneer) is that sometimes the teacher needs to get out of the way and let the student ruminate etc. They say "people are best persuaded by those ideas and thoughts and answers that they come up with themselves." Something like that. Your comment balanced me. That's why "In the multitude of counselors there is safety."