to me it seems like such a strange ambition....to want to be "an instructor" in something you've barely done. It's like getting a blackbelt from a "master" who's been "practicing" a year and paid his way to a blackbelt. I had no ambition to be an instructor until I had been diving for 5 years, actively, obsessively, then I thought that I would like to share my passion with others... Do you just wake up and say... gee wouldn't it be neat to be a scuba instructor....or gee wouldn't it be neat to teach martial arts.... (another peeve of mine...took me 7 years to "feel ready" to be a blackbelt, while I watched others around me buy belts... hey we all know who is who when we are in the ring or out diving...)