Well, when I'm paying the professional several hundreds of dollars for the
valuable time so that they can teach me a technique I expect to be able to
ask them a questions, no matter how stupid or simplistic they feel it is.
I don't expect to get something for nothing but if you're going to be a
teacher of a craft stupid questions (no matter how many times you've been
asked and answered in the past) are part and parcel of the teaching
profession.

Being a newbie, myself, I am quite adept of finding my own answers,
researching for the solutions to my own problems, and I'm not scared to
make mistakes (my best learning devices) and basically taking care of
myself. However, I will go to my instructors when I've exhausted my
skills and abilities and ask them to help me out. That's what they are
being paid for - If I can't ask them questions (no matter how trite or
stupid they might think they are) the why am I paying them several of
thousands of dollars to have access to expertise? My time as an jewelry
artist might not be as valuable as theirs - but I can sure bet you my time
in my profession is just as valuable (seeing how part of it goes to paying
them their salary).

I don't ask for free advice. However, I'm willing to pay for it.



So you want to know where did the seasoned veterans get their answers?
the answer is
the same place and way as newbies have to get them today.

Also I dont see the problem of ignorance as something to be erradicated.
I dont owe the world a living nor does the world owe me one
If anythig has been done before then the knowhow is out there for the
finding. Looking at this in detail,
1. they went to jewellry school wherever that might be,
or2.
they did a PROPER search for the knowhow they wanted to find out about
or3,
they served a proper apprenticeship with a master,
the thouble with most folks to day, is there not taught how to think,
or to put it bluntly
the dont know how to ask the right questions.

Jewellery is just one skill set like many other.
yiou can read it up till you look like a jeweller, but
till you have practiced the skills and mastered the techniques by
trial as well as error, you wont get anywhere.

whats so annoying to us veterans is the newbe that is too lazy to do
the simplest of his her own research and expects us to tell them how to
do the simplest of tasks that 5 mins of research in a book will give the
answer.
Its presumtious of the newbe to expect someone whos time is worth many
times more than the newbe.s to deal with trivial requests.
were professionals, like others,whose time can be worth many hundres of
dollars an hour.
would you expect your lawyer, accountaht, doctor dentist or other
professional to give his time to someone thats thinks the world owes
them the knowhow?
No,
ive written this before here a no of times.
If you can show that youve made an effort to find out and due to
whatever circumstances you havnt, then most of us will be happy to
point you in the right direction.
and to comment on the original posting in this thread,
So bored?
What you write shows how and what you think.