I totally understand where you are coming from. I'm taking a C++ course at a local college as a refresher course and to get some credits (don't ask why), and the instructor is horrible. He seems to know C++ well enough (which is good) but doesn't know how to teach or even explain technical things.

Example:
Student: Why is '\n' talked about as one charachter instead of two?
Instructor: Umm, whell, the compliler...umm, see, the C++ compiler sees this...hmmm...

I don't think he ever got any further than that. It's a painful class, but oh well.

"Nothing is sure but death and taxes" I say combine the two and its death to all taxes!