I think that many flying courses are completed with the same attitude as my erstwhile Boss, in the form of a fixed number of hours, and the standard of many tailwheel courses would be a lot higher if the student had to do six solo takeoffs and full stop landings in the school aircraft at the end.
Hear hear!
I've rarely encountered a pilot who was anything more than "perhaps just safe" on any quite different type, in 5 hours of even really competent instruction. The rating is a license to learn more - go and learn more with great caution!