I fully understand.
I am a older returning student taking IT/CIS courses. Even tho' I am learing from the ground up, I have jumped into things to learn for MY benefit. I have assisted with teaching WebCT and Moodle to PhDs, Instructors and you name it so they can use these online learning tools for the students. I learned real fast 'educators' do not always make good students. *smirk*.
I just finished a stint being a Moderator myself. This was beta testing to see if Forum for a Corporation's Head Honcho's , Admins, Upper Staff would be useful. These folks are way more educated than I'll ever be, and the Forums dealt with some really security sensitive matters.
Get ready to laugh- my primary area of moderating was "Ethics" , I had rights to float around and the other hot area was "General" .
Did you know if a PhD in Literature blows his cool he will misspell words? Granted I checked the online dictionary to make sure...I mean they did use a lot of big words and acronyms totally beyond me - Nope, he misspelled it. *grin*
Now it really didn't matter that much to me, I admitted I was from the Southern US and our keyboards are made from wooden wash boards. So it is easy to mis-type words. They appreciated the levity and the mind pic.
Some really got sensitive about spelling and grammar. Hence the reason I 'tumped' the story about converted wooden wash boards being keyboards. [ maybe I am on to someting marketable here]
We had the "Mont Blanc vs. Waterman" heated debate. Of course I get yelled at for suggesting a #2 yellow pencil.
I learned some swear works in other languages...they had to be pointed out to me....
I learned a lot and have a greater respect for moderators , Admins and Forum Staff.
I also feel pretty good - I suggested to relax and de- stress from all the Ethical matters and such, to step away from it all and Go cook something. Cooking as Therapy if you will.
Somewhere in Spain is a lady younger than me that learned to fix Fried Pies - Chocolate being her favorite. Hey you really didn' think I would miss an opportunity to share now did you?
Did ya know they have cast iron skillets in Spain? Yeah well I wasn't sure , kinda figured they did - got a confirmation on that one. *GRIN*
Kinda miss it - kinda don't. I have a real busy semester coming up.
I do understand the frustrations tho'.
Steve