I agree I think he just doesn't have a clue but it could be both because he definitely seems to be enjoying himself, I'm not basing this on anything though.

@KrayZ33: I think we can all agree that the animation now is way better than it was during the Gaara rescue arc. I think it was bad wording on your part though because better animation can't make Naruto more skillful, I just wanted you to explain your reasoning about that. Would've been nice if it had come earlier but I "guess" we all have lives.

The term teacher is used very loosely because in my opinion the only one Kakashi taught was Sasuke, he didn't teach Naruto or Sakura anymore than Guy taught Neji so I guess a better term to use would be trainer. I like how everyone is talking about the humor now because it is something that the series lost nearing the end of I don't know what the best term to use would be but I would say the first half of the show. Some of the fillers were very funny but they were fillers so I don't really count them and the humor then was very juvenile although one could say the same about the humor now but now its directed at a more adult audience which in my opinion should have been the target audience for Naruto in the first place.