My advice would be that you should consider slowing things down a bit, and remember that you're a teacher and not a preacher. You appear to have been bitten hard by the ObjectiVampire and you now want, if not need, to bite others. In your introductory post, you say that you hadn't read Rand until after seeing the film Atlas Shrugged, Part 1, and that you've since read many of her philosphical works. From the release of the film to today in not whole lot of time to critically absord and analyze an entire philosophy, let alone to conclude that it is the "system which best permits one to achieve true happiness."J If you think teachers aren't preachers, you're unaware of the indoctrination that is taking place in today's schools, e.g., environmentalism, multiculturalism, egalitarianism and yes, altruism. My purpose is to help the students recognize what is garbage. Further, I am not a Randian and I am not in lock-step with all of her teaching therefore I would not be teaching pure "Objectivism", but only objectivist principles in contrast to other philosophical school and systems (empiricism, pragmatism, mysticism, etc.) As I noted to Reidy above, I already unknowing held many of Objectivism's tenets for years. Rand's writings will help me communicate them more effectively.