Originally Posted by
Pace
Going around while an excellent way out of the situation does not teach you to deal with the situation. Dealing with the situation is important.
Dealing with the situation is important, but I think recognizing the impending nosewheel first arrival and fixing it before it occurs is IMO more important. My experience with teaching low time pilots is that if they lack the ability to recognize the aircraft attitude in the flare is going to result in a nosewheel first touchdown then it not very probable that they are suddenly going to display the skill to gracefully transition the kaboing of the first hit of the nosewheel into a nice tail down touchdown without in the best case a big balloon and an ugly smash down on mains or in the worst case a second insufficient flare, a second nosewheel first touchdown, and a real potential for damage to the aircraft.
Far better IMHO to simply go around and sort out a second better approach to a normal landing. Usually the whole problem started with a rushed or a misjudged too high/too close approach, something that is not unexpected and completely understandable with low time pilots.