Hi kissmysquirrel:
A wind-up? You mean you think this is a joke??!
No. It really isn't. And the lightning and thunder were very real.
I think that's the point, when you say "we didn't know any different". One doesn't, and it is all a bit mind boggling when you start to learn. So you trust your instructor/s. Your points 1, 3 and 4 would seem to be pretty much on the mark, I would think. There are notes, I have seen the cabinet, but one wonders whether they are ever consulted. As for changing schools, that would mean changing airports and so that would be more distance...
Thanks for your reply. I conclude you would describe this as 'second rate instruction' as you say. That's what I was thinking; but I had no terms of reference.
TP
PS: Looking at my own posting again I can see how you might have thought it was a joke. The Sourcerer's Apprentice rather springs to mind...
PPS: Looks like everyone else thinks this is a wind-up too...