Asked to help out.

[honoluludesktop]

There are two sides to this situation:

1. You will end up training less, and with your new status have more to prove to others.

2. You are ready to learn by teaching.

As a "long in the tooth" veteran, every time I attend a new class, especially one with beginners, if I am there to train, I get permission to join the class, and make sure that the instructor knows I am there to practice. Accordingly, I do his class his way. Oh, and I try not to teach!

[Dobie1979]

There are two sides to this situation:

1. You will end up training less, and with your new status have more to prove to others.

2. You are ready to learn by teaching.

As a "long in the tooth" veteran, every time I attend a new class, especially one with beginners, if I am there to train, I get permission to join the class, and make sure that the instructor knows I am there to practice. Accordingly, I do his class his way. Oh, and I try not to teach!

I hope I don't have anything to prove, though I understand what you are trying to say. Other than that,thanks for all of the advice! I'll try to keep this all in mind and in perspective and I'm sure it'll take some time to get used to. I think I can handle it though. I'm five out of seven kids in my family and with around fifteen nieces and nephews, ranging from newbie to 16 I think I have experience dealing with children.

[Soheir]

There are two sides to this situation:

1. You will end up training less, and with your new status have more to prove to others.

2. You are ready to learn by teaching.

As a "long in the tooth" veteran, every time I attend a new class, especially one with beginners, if I am there to train, I get permission to join the class, and make sure that the instructor knows I am there to practice. Accordingly, I do his class his way. Oh, and I try not to teach!

"Pride attaches undue importance to the superiority of one's status in the eyes of others; And shame is fear of humiliation at one's in inferior status in the eyes of others. When one sets his heart on being highly esteemed, and achieves such rating, then he is automatically involved in fear of losing his status." -Lao Tzu

I like this quote, and it seemes to be true. However, I don't think it is smart to think like that. When a person is not teaching, he is only a student and that means, he is not there to show what he Can do, but to learn things that he can not do, and over all to do them always better.

[Blade96]

congrats