[BrianR]

But, three out of the four stopped flying after me. No lie. And I never did anything really bad. The worst thing I ever did was take a turn a little fast and chirp the wheels a bit.

My excuse? It was darn DARK when the lights went out on me after I touched down and went to turn off the runway. I didn't brake enough to make the mid-point turnoff and my first warning of this was the tiny little sign appearing to my left. And I never ground looped or left my instructor somewhere or took of from a taxiway like SOME students did.

I never understood that. How the heck do you NOT notice the instructor is no longer next to you?

Brian