No, somebody else. You didn't miss anything. I was new and extremely jumpy at that time as I'm sure you can relate to. This guy was a little later down the line.

Now I'm at the point where I have to keep from cringing or doing anything else obvious when something ugly (but not dangerous) is about to happen.

One other thing I should point out. I think it's important for instructors to talk to their peers about issues students may have. We have limited experiences and often limit our teaching to problems we know (like one's we've had in the past). There have been a number of experiences where a student "didn't get it" and all it took was trying a different approach suggested by another instructor or having the student fly once with somebody else.