Camel - as one for whom a Pre-PPL exposure to full spin recovery has helped out of the cack once, I endorse your views (without getting too involved in the age old 'you shouldn't have got into that situation' route). I was also fairly fortunate in having had about 40 hrs of flying as a cadet on AEF, much of which was upside down in Chippies! This at least helped me to remain calm and think logically through recovery actions, rather than just a random thrashing of the controls.