Before sharing my experience, I must say driving is one thing, and teaching driving is another thing. I started driving on a Suzuki Potohar Jeep. Unfortunately, my very first driving teacher wasn't a supportive fellow. In the beginning, when it was difficult for me to control the jeep, he used to criticize me, which demotivated me to such an extent that I stopped learning driving en-bloc. After a few years, got myself admitted in a driving school. Fortunately, this time around, my teacher was a nice young fellow, who taught me driving on a Daihatsu Charade. Alhumdulillaah, it was a success and I was able to drive on my own afterwards. Later, I got out of touch, so my father emphasized me to drive with his official driver on front passenger seat. I took a few sessions with him before I was able to drive freely on my own.
Yes, once while learning driving on Charade, there was a turn to my left, my instructor asked me to turn the car and put it in second gear simultaneously, it was a new experience for me to do two things at the same time, and while turning, I was about to hit the car on a flyover bridge in-front, but applied brakes on time. Rather than criticizing me, my instructor encouraged me that even though being a learner, I was still able to quickly judge the situation and apply brakes, but asked me to be careful next time
Moral: While teaching some one how to drive, always put yourself in their shoes, and then teach them. If they make mistakes, remember you also made while learning. Learn to motivate the learner rather than demotivating them. Happy motoring. Cheers