@scmeaux : I have a Ph.D. in a Tech. Collage, so the students automatical think I am going to teach over their heads. I try to alleviate this from the begining. I tell the that they can call me Dr. Smith, or Ms. Smith, but "hey you" does not go over too well. I am very quick with a pun or a dead pan joke. Depending on the class, sometime this works, sometimes not so much. Sometime you just have to lighten the mood, don't forget though, you are still on a knife's edge. I have found that once a… >>>