My original CFII was old enough to be my daughter.
She was 23, I was 48. She was right out of college
and working toward an airline career.

She was very nice, and knowledgeable and stuff, but after about
39 hrs (and I still did not solo, because I couldn't land
consistently) I took a lesson with a more experienced CFII
at our Flying club, after we both agreed that maybe I should do
so. He basically noticed a few things to work on
right away and landings improved that day! I had 2 basic problems, speed
control in the pattern and thinking that landings were mechanical. Do this,
and wait kind of approach. When I mentioned to her
what he said and what we done, she just kinda shrugged her shoulders.
So at that point, I felt like I lost all confidence in her and I changed
instructors which ended up costing me a few more hrs, but in the end I feel that
I understand things a lot more clearly and learned how to fly and not just do
certain maneuvers.

My experience has shown me that anyone can teach you how to learn the basic
maneuvers. It takes a good teacher to help you string them together
and understand what is happening and why you do things to make you a pilot.

Oh by the way the young CFI is now an ATP with a feeder airline in Milwaukee.

For what it's worth, that was my experience.

Kevin Kubiak - PP-ASEL