BFH,
Sorry if I'm poking my nose in to an instructor forum but I felt I wanted to say something...
Ultimately to become a good, safe pilot you need 100% belief in yourself. To achieve this is a joint venture between yourself and your school. The whole of the school not just your instructor. It is all too easy for just one misplaced comment to dent a persons confidence - Totally unacceptable in aviation.
In any profession we need to remember very simple rules when training anyone, of any age. Raising self-confidence, whilst nipping any bad habits in the bud in a constructive manner. I believe this isn't a difficult thing to achieve!
You seem to have two options:
1. Discuss this with your instructor - Sometimes people get in a rut and they may not even realise they are doing it. You may be pleasantly surprised. You may also decide to move on after the conversation
2.Just move on if the confrontation thing is not for you
Whatever you do don't do nothing!
A fantastic future awaits you whether you choose private or commercial flying so just put this down to experience. Don't let this put you off aviation. I'm sure there are alot of pilots over there who will be more then willing to help you in some way or another. I went through a bad spell whilst training and just called a chap I hardly knew. He chatted to me for ages and this really, really helped
TT