My son, the leader?

In a rather lengthy IM conversation and subsequent email, Sean described an experience in his ISP class (Integrated Studies Program--several classes are combined into one "big" class). They were given a research topic in class: "The government (state or federal) should not interfere with water issues by methods like creating dams, draining or relocating rivers, etc." Then, the class broke into small groups to discuss the topic, after which they were let loose in the library to do research. Some material had already been put out for them to look at--apparently copious, overwhelming amounts of material. Some kids just "gave up" because it was too overwhelming. Fortunately, Sean did not. In fact, after people had gathered material to write up, many were wondering how they were going to put it all together, working as a team. Sean suggested using the online "blackboard" to post the material and discuss it--a very well received idea. He also helped the other students come to a plan to summarize and polish the material with different people taking on different tasks. And, to my dismay, he is getting known for being a "know-it-all," which does give him ego strokes, but as his mother and former homeschooling teacher, I know he has huge gaps in knowledge. The day ended especially well as my father, who is in his last semester of teaching at UND, and my step-mother took Sean out to eat at a Chinese restaurant.