Thank you everyone! Wow; so much information, and such good stuff. Please keep it coming. Isn't PPRuNe wonderful.
John,
Yes, in one sense I knew the answer. But I remember on one thread a while back, when I was criticising low hours instructors, someone said I should wait until I was an instructor, and I'd find out what it was really like. Well, they maybe had a point. So I wanted to ask those that know, from the other side. I mean, from my recent microlight experience, I couldn't understand why when I said: "Look, I know it's not obvious, but if you yell at me I freeze and can't fly; and I just can't seem to manage to land and talk about it at the same time at this stage", it should be difficult for the instructor to believe, take in, and change his technique. But it might have been, so I wanted to ask. After all, I've not yet had someone who with the best of intentions spends an hour trying to kill me!
Charlie Foxtrot India,
Thanks for the positive comments, and you don't talk too much; it's all useful info. The only place where talking too much can be a problem, in my experience, is in the air. And I suspect that's something I'll have to watch out for too. I just hope I remember all the mistakes that were made teaching me; it can be easy to forget.
Anyway, please keep the replies coming!