crisjon1950, I am asking for help and you are being smug to me? Heh, I guess some people are looking for the fight in one's words because that is all they know how to do. If you want to contribute and help, then help, if you want to make assumptions and be haughty to my query then don't reply. Ok now that is past us, my original query was this: Are there classes for this or even an online document to coach critics so that they don't hurt peoples' feelings? I am tired of being verbally flogged by the "touchy" people. :) While I do appreciate your help, the help in itself can be of no use as good as the intent maybe. Allow me to clarify. Let's say Mr. Bob has never heard of, smelled, tasted, or seen a steak in his life. In a conversation he then hears two people speak of one for the first time and asks them, "I don't mean to interupt, but what is a steak? Isn't that something you hammer into the ground?" The two people stop for a moment and look to Mr. Bob and both smirk at his innocent question. Person 1 then says, "Well its a slab of meat from a cow and its juicy." Mr Bob interjects, "So its juicy like an orange? Does it taste like an orange?" Person 2 then says, "No, no. It's a meat not a fruit. It's texture is soft and chewy and has a smokey taste and smell to it." Mr. Bob then surmises aloud to the two strangers, "Ohhh, so a steak tasts like a smoked cashew with juices inside?" Person 1, "No you are missing the point, it's a meat that juicy, smokey, chewy, and uh, you ever had pork?" Mr. Bob nods his head with a smile now. Person 2, "But wait, it tastes nothing like pork. You're giving him the wrong impression." Person 1, "Oh geez." Then out of nowhere a Person 3 (who's been listening in on the conversation for awhile now, has cooked Mr. Bob a nice steak) and enters with a triangular cut of beef on a fork and stands before Mr. Bob. "Mr. Bob, this is a steak. Here smell it." So Mr. Bob looks at it then smells it. "Now eat it." So Mr. Bob eats it. "So now do you understand what a steak is?" Mr. Bob nods as he continues to chews. "Good." Then as Person 1,2, and 3 were leaving, Mr. Bob asks loudly, "How did you know my name was Mr. Bob?!" All three strangers slap their foreheads exclaiming out, "D'oh!" You'll notice that Mr. Bob was trying to honestly understand what the strangers was asking here, but poor Mr. Bob wasn't really soaking the information for the lack of material content. Then when the third person came in, they had all of Mr. Bob's answers in one fell swoop. Metaphorically speaking if you are confused, the steak represented the books and materials and Person 3 was a person that taught and practiced the material with me, I mean Mr. Bob. ;) And in a way Crescent, there is a critique to critique. :) As I always say, Enjoy or Dread.