not the worse case of pride or ego I've seen.
that belongs to a beginner at the end of his first flight day...my then 9 year old daughter was about ready to solo, she was flying the pattern and was generally honing her skills when we met the beginner.
Of course his first lesson he was all over the sky ,just like we were, anyway when we were packing up to leave at dusk he told us that my daughter had embarresed him.
I tried to explain that he did well and she was almost ready to solo, that she had been flying for a while. that he would soon be solo'd himself.
alas we never saw him again.....what a shame