Attn Mindfield

[Grumbler]

Not sure if I am a mentor or not. I do try to help the FNG's out.
SP is about as complex as a game gets.
There is no way to pour a decade worth of learning in the school of hard knocks into someone in a few games. Add to that the fact that the game system changes on a regular basis and the problem is obvious.
I have some experience with training ( teaching, whatever) in the real world. I know about formal schooling , lesson plans and the rule of seven. Not sure any of that really applies to something like SP. Formal schooling is designed to get everybody to a certain minimum level of competence. I think that can be covered in SP by explaining the interface, how terrain driving and it's cousin terrain masking works in our little flat 3D world.
If the FNG cannot visualize 3D terrain when they look at lines on a flat map, or have the basics of tactics ( flanks, fire and movement, etc.) then no amount of training will help them.
I more or less try to answer questions, figuring that way I can provide what the FNG thinks they need the most. Sometimes I will expand my answers to cover what I think they need to most, but I try to watch out for that. My way is not the only way, nor even the best way.