On Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 10:32:02 PM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:

Fly what works for you and don't disparage techniques that are out
of your sphere of experience.

....pop quiz then.

You're #3 in the pattern behind a student in a 1-34 flying a standard glider pattern and a tow plane. Behind you is another student + CFI in an L-23. What kind of pattern are you going to fly, and why?

I think there's a right answer to this question.

best,
Evan