Got to agree with RCKen. With simulator time and buddy box to catch him before impact, newbies should have very little damage except for nose gear and wingtips once and a while. Only when one gets cocky with some flight time does one plant a balsa tree real deep.

Sometimes it's better to get another plane rather than fix it, if time and plane weight are of value to one. This is where the judgment of others may help.

And if the student makes repairs a good pre-flight is in order.