For me, it's usually trying to rapidly justify the existence of whatever Rube Goldberg machine I'm having to explain. There's always reasons behind the madness, even if they're not particularly good ones.

> justify the existence of whatever Rube Goldberg machine

I'm at least going to be waiting for questions to be asked.

"Why was it done this way?"

"Circumstance combined with 'path of least resistance'."

> Second, I am hoping that you will learn & understand instead of just memorize & regurgitate so in the future you can resolve it yourself instead of bothering me.

Where does all this hope come from? I’m barely 15 years into my career and I’ve nearly given up…

Hope is dangerous, for it's itself very hard to resist.

I've started to attempt to gently grind that into juniors. After a certain point, hope is a vice you cannot afford. It is simply something you outgrow, if only because of the unceasing retirement from the mortal coil of those that can bail you out.

Hope is for the young and inexperienced. Everytime I come to your rescue, you'd best pay attention. I have an expiration date.

Give them a break! It's an advanced lesson.

Ha ha but really.

I’m not trying to explain why you shouldn’t change it. I’m trying to help you understand what competing forces made it that way in the first place so you can decide if any of that’s still relevant.