Winnifred, you are so correct in your discussion about student trust and the relationship between trust and students feeling comfortable about asking questions and otherwise engaging the curriculum. Students want to feel safe and know they are not threatened with respect to expressing their lack of knowledge about a subject matter. If they feel that by showing their lack of knowledge they would be the odd person in the classroom their likeliness to ask questions and engage in active learning is very low. Successful instructors or as you pointed out the Guides, are those that can build a sense of security in the classroom and demonstrates that questions are how the real learning takes place. Questions should always be a welcome part of a classroom setting and the students should really guide the lesson plan and not the other way around. Regards, James Jackson