I have done hundreds of hours in Cessna's and they are beautiful aircraft. Never ever had a bad experience in one in my 27 years of flying !!!!
Nor a good one, I suspect. I did my PPL on Cessnas and have loads of Cessna hours since, including paradropping and a host of other stuff. They do the job. It's flying so it's even fun (as long as each flight isn't too long). But over 80% of my logbook is tailwheel time.
There's a reason for that. The nicest aeroplanes to fly are not Cessnas (or PA28s, which are far worse in the boring stakes), and they have their little wheel at the back.
SSD