I understand that about instructors not being paid, but if I turn up (taking time out of my day, and paying for the priviledge) then I would of expected some progress. I didnt want it to take the best part of a year to get to bronze standard.
Maybe gliding schools should provide a new appointments system or intensive course with some form of structure. Training at gliding schools (in my experience) have been very adhoc in their approach to training new people.
In terms of the aerotow....there was 5 people gliding but only 2 of them were in training. The school was packing up by 3pm on aerotows.