I did my first solo at 8 hours and never had a mishap.
Anyway I've looked through the archives at liveATC and couldn't hear anything. let us know if anyone else has success
Edit: I did however have a dedicated and experienced instructor who knew his ****. I've been through a few of the late flying schools and notice that the majority of the instructors are only there because they want to get hours up not because they want to teach. I think that's the problem going on.