High wing vs. low wing
Dittos on all the above and this: High wing "trainer" type aircraft have what is called "self correcting or self righting tendencies". What this means is the plane is built to be inherently stable. They don't like to spin or fly upside down. If you get into trouble, just let go of the sticks and the plane will tend to right itself. Now this is just the start to a full recovery of a bad attitude and the plane isn't going to totally correct itself in every troubled situation. Otherwise we wouldn't need instructors, but the plane likes to fly stable and upright. Just like when you turn your car, after the turn the car wants to go back straight. When you turn trainers it's easy to come out of the turn because the plane wants to fly straight again (if it is built straight and in trim and if the wind is low). Low wing and most shoulder wing planes lack this self righting tendency. Basically they go where you point them and if you make a turn, you have to turn to get back where you started. It takes more work because you are flying the plane more, but it is more fun in the long run because you are not fighting the self correcting traits of the plane when you go to do wild stunts.