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Weather was tough yesterday out of KDWH at 400’ overcast. Jeff’s long cross country scheduled, we briefed the additional risks with single engine departure low IMC. Should we go or delay? For training, this was a chance to do it with an instructor on board and experience it. I showed him how we could load the opposing RNAV before take off in case we needed to return suddenly. We talked about the benefits of delaying this departure once he was flying himself. A common topic for me, we discussed ODP’s and our responsibility to maintain terrain obstruction. It’s easy for this to be an academic topic during instrument training (so much to learn) but instructors need to make this real for their students so it sticks. I was quiet from engine start to Galveston landing and watched Jeff fly with precision, by hand, IMC.