EXDAC
Me too. I was only at DVT for about 3 years, but was instructing out of both of the big schools. Plenty of laps around the patterns. I agree that ATC usually gave traffic point-outs for the parallel runway, but sometimes they get task saturated and don't. I preferred to create a little bit of offset with the other aircraft too just because! These are the little nuances of technique that can get lost in translation where foreign students are concerned. Progressing beyond the rote to the well-reasoned is the goal, achievable or not!