i guess he muz hv always used this to spite his students to work harder. In any case, you hv to be interested in your topic to do it. (For example, you might as well kill me to make me do a networking project.) With interest, everything is possible. Try to be motivated by multiple sources to play safe. If one loses its power, others can still take its place. Maybe next time if he says something wrongly, suan him! Ask him to go and do some road sweeping. Mr Blow