Have you ever heard a teacher tell her class, "I've learned so much from you kids."?

When you see a question don't look at it as whether or not you know the answer. Look at it as whether or not it's interesting to you. If it's interesting, do some research; read the relevant POD, put together some test snippets, come up with a solution, pull out some of your books and investigate. The more you do that, the more you'll get to a point where you either know the answer or know where to find it quickly. Pretty soon you will be coming up with the answers quickly enough to be able to respond to questions here, and you will realize that you're learning as much from researching and responding as you did by studying alone.

That's part of what the Monastery is about; interactive and collaborative learning. No one person here could push Perl knowledge forward as much as the collective all working together and learning from each other along the way.

Oh, and occasionally you'll get it totally wrong. I once read somewhere that if you post the truth nobody pays attention. If you get something wrong suddenly all the experts take notice. I wouldn't make that the goal. Do your homework first. But it happens, and when it does people will correct you. If you take it in stride with good nature, it's quickly forgotten. ...and 20 people who almost posted the same wrong answer breathe a sigh of relief that it was you and not them. ;) We're all learning here.