Michel Talon wrote:

I have known many
instructors who are only able to disgust their student of soaring,
precisely because they never have experimented these sensations and only
invest themselves in trivial technical details.

Wow! I've met instructors who want to get someone to license
quickly, but I've never met one who "disgusted a student to soaring."

Flying safely, longer, higher, further and faster is the whole essense
of the joy of the "sport." The first standard (the minimum level of
safety) is the license standard in the USA, but I haven't seen
instructors poo-poo the other steps (the soaring, vs. gliding steps).

I'm surprised, and sorry, to hear that Michel's experience has
been different...
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Mark J. Boyd