Early in training I once asked an instructor for 15mins to myself to crawl about the floor to actually see the brake pedals, figure out how they worked relative to the rudder, where the fuel tap was & how it worked etc. I got about 30seconds before he was champing at the bit with "come on let's go".
At which point, I would have been saying..." and just who is paying for this lesson?"....If he didn't revise his attitude, well there are lots more instructors!
We talk round and round it, but the fact is, in the UK, It's so damned expensive, the stude wants his/her license in the quickest possible time.
When I learned to drive, the instructor advised, "I will teach you how to drive,.....If you just want to pass the test, go to BSM"
(the major national "sausage-machine" driving school chain, at that time)
As a keen motor-enthusiast, I had experience on solo, sidecar and three-wheeler, at that time. Awareness and anticipation have made up for my poor reaction-times...I haven't been killed yet!