Originally Posted by
LucasM
student pilots aren't that smart.
I'd suspect that the majority are at least HS graduates with average IQs, they can be taught. Approaching them as inferior people because they don't know aviation isn't productive. They deserve to be approached as capable individuals who you can teach to fly an airplane.
Originally Posted by LucasM
they don't always understand
This is what you're being paid for. Sometimes you have to work to find the way they will understand it.
Originally Posted by LucasM
i can't understand why instructors can't teach this!
Do you see a trend in the phrases I chose to quote from your text?