Again, thank you for the continued advice.

Crashem:

I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea, that sentence shouldn't be interpreted as "I'm a maniac who will attack anyone who looks at me and blinks" Rather, it was to try to explain that it is important to me to find a competent instructor when there are so many to choose from. It shouldn't be taken as anything more than "how do I pick a good instructor?" My apologies to anyone if that was unclear.

-Lew