"William Snow" wrote in
:

The long and short of it is very simple.

What: Taxi
Why: To maneuver the airplane on the ground from the parking area to
the takeoff area, maintenance area or fueling area.
How: See the PTS.

It is NOT common practice to allow a presolo student to taxi around
the airport, thereby increasing traffic, and increasing risk for all
others unnecessarily. It may be legal but it is not wise.

What happened to judgment?

You seem to find judgement easily...

But based on what? You don't have enough facts to make that judgement.

You don't know whether or not a student is qualified to taxi an aircraft
safely just because he is not yet qualified to land it safely.

I agree that it would seem to be a non-standard practice, but is it
representative of a lack of judgement? I could envision scenarios where it
was representative of good judgement. Your conclusions are faulty.