Would love to hear from people that instruct, or have instructed in the past. I would like to advance through my ratings, and have read many opinions here about the value of instructing and I believe, for myself, that I would benefit from this step in a career. That said, I also expressed in a previous post that I was VERY concerned about my ability to actually teach someone from the start - a primary student.

Is it "ok" to skip the primary students altogether, and teach multi (i know - hard to skip, but assume I could do this)? Could I teach just teach the advanced stuff (instrument, multi, commercial) and still get the desired "learning" that takes place in an instruction job, or is instructing primary students a valuable step?

Thanks - particularly looking for USMC's thoughts as he always has great input. Thanks!