@ repapips...
Your grapevine is a bit old and maybe withered
That so called dodo style of training was initiated by an instructor who himself was an Ex PAL av school cadet. However he is no longer in CA. I respect him a lot though as he did his best to teach us (in his own ways and style)...whatever it took
wish him the very best...Having said that i do support the dodo style of training...atleast during the initial stages of training.
However what has now happened is that the quality standards of flying has been raised quite a lot (the way it should have been in the first place) Ask any of the cadets in core flying stage and they will agree with me on that count.
PS: I am not a Filipino and i had my head shaved for the duration before i did my solo. In my country one shave's off his head only on the demise of his dad.