More concerned with landing the aircraft. I brought the radios up as an example of a possible retention issue. Also, I handle the radios while he is in the high workload mode.
As for the radios, he was particularly interested in their operation early on in his training. I am not one to say "don't worry about that now..".
Yes I am referring him to another instructor to see if that yields any benefit. Has anyone else had a student like this that continued and was able to earn their ppl?