Complete bull!!!!!. The student is paying good money to learn to fly. He is not there to stroke the instructor's ego!
We have heard only one side of the story and I would not derive anything strict like that from here. I always tell people that there is no "right to get a license", which would be the other side of "I pay for it". I do reserve the right to not let a student pass, if I am uncomfortable with it. The dead remains of "everybody can do anything, if you just let'em" from the late misunderstood 68's is going on my nerves no less. NO, not everybody taking flight lessons is able to learn to fly. We, as a forum, are completely unable to judge over the poster, but there are some noticed things to definitely work on - no more, no less.