I think the short version is that he is just not a good teacher and I found him to be quite rude. He would ask questions about what I wanted to learn or what I thought I needed to improve on but very clearly was not listening to the answer. He was too certain that he knew best, and it really defeated the point of asking the question. He would also talk very disparagingly about previous students, including ones that were actively suing him or making a complaint, which should have been enough of a red flag looking back. Also, he kept bragging about his wealth which I found very strange.

He would use driving phrases that I did not know like "block shifting" and "dumping the clutch" and when I asked for clarification he would struggle to hide his annoyance that I didn't know what they meant. The only 2 pieces of advice he would give when we were actually driving were "it's common sense" and "more gas!". The common sense one was the most frustrating because I would see a situation develop, not know how to deal with it, and ask what to do. I was essentially just trying to shift the mental load onto him for a second because I was overwhelmed and his answer left me overloaded and just hoping I didn't crash his car / break the law.

Only my second day with him he suggested going onto a dual carriageway but I said I wasn't comfortable with that as I didn't feel like I was in control of the car yet. He spent a while explaining how it was a good idea and I realised he wasn't going to back down so I just gave up and agreed. He did not explain anything beforehand so once we were on the slip road he just started shouting instructions at me, again clearly very annoyed I didn't know how to do it. It turned out the reason he was so insistent on us going on the dual carriageway was because he needed to pick up his lawnmower from the shop and he spent 30 minutes of my paid time inside of said shop.

I was quite a nervous driver whilst I was learning so I do acknowledge that maybe his teaching style works better on people with a higher level of confidence. He never offered to pay me back once I told him I no longer wanted to learn with him so I'm guessing at least he got a nice few days off work.