Hi Dianna, You are right on target with your approach to the class. I teach a required general course as well and my students come into the class with the attitude that they have to take the course to get their state certificates. I work hard to make the course interesting and valuable to them in a way that they can see relevancy and application to what they are learning. I can see you are doing the same. How do you feel about results that you getting with your approach? Do you have any tips for other instructors that are teaching courses like this? Thanks. Gary