do you students who are so afraid of getting lost realise that on one of your cross country exercises your instructor will actually mercilessly work to get you lost? as lost as he can possibly get you.
you see there is a definite technique for getting yourself unlost.
you will only be fully receptive to learning it though if you are first actually lost. one of those things that once taught in the right environment is never forgotten.
it is one of the lessons that your flying instructor needs to try to teach you before your final exam.