Heliblob raises an interesting point, which I have pondered on and been asked about in the past.
Teaching downwind quickstops is part of the syllabus that is courting danger from the avoid curve perspective, yet seems to have almost no relevance to PPL flying. Of course in its flare and turn variety it's very handy for getting into a hot landing site for the military, but why are we doing this with PPLs ?
I do think most students appreciate that the training course will put them at somewhat more risk than regular flying, but this one aspect seems a little gratuitous to me.
PS. don't get me wrong, I love doing them and teaching them, but I can't really see the risk reward equation for a PPL.