Our midday guest was Mr. Michael Smith from BP [formerly BP-Amoco Fabrics]. Mr. Smith spoke about the importance of very basic skills. These skills include: communication, working in teams, basic measurement, decimals, fractions, basic writing, and just simply - how to get along with others. The SEA participants enjoyed the insight from a representative of the texitle manufacturing community. Mr. Smith also emphasized to the teachers how much they [the teachers] impact the life of that student. Mr. Smith shared an experience by which a teacher made a valuable impact on his learning of calculus that will remain with him forever.