Flight Training Orientation At A Professional Flight School

My last few posts told of my experiences with a local FBO and the beginning of my aviation flight training. Looking back, it was a waste of time and money. They brought me to my first solo flight and that was it. Not all FBO's were like this because I dealt with some very good ones later on. I have been out of aviation for a few years now so part 31 standards may have changed by now.
I signed up for a professional part 141 flight school in Tulsa OK., made the move from Fl. and was ready to start over. The first day was an orientation with about thirty other students. We took an SAT type of test which I did miserable at, were assigned flight instructors and bought books and aviation supplies, fuel testers, check lists, operators manuals and a manual E6B computer(do they make those anymore)?
They tried to tell me that I had to sign up for Private Pilot ground school which I had already completed in Florida. I showed them the sign off from the instructor and my grade from the FAA written exam. They said that if I was going to their flight school under part 141 and getting student loans that I was required to retake the private ground course. This of course was a crock. They were trying to squeeze money from the lenders. What they didn't know was that when I signed up, I made a large cash deposit to pay for my private training and had signed up under part 61 for this reason. I was spending my own money and wasn't subject to part 141 regulations. I didn't take their ground course.
I met my flight instructor. It was a relief to find out that he was around my age(I don't know why that made a difference, but it did). I started talking to him trying to get to know him but he seemed stiff, stoic an uninterested in being friends. He explained what we were going to do like he was reading it out of a manual. I later learned that he was just another disgruntled flight instructor who was bored and thought that his ship was overdue to come in. He eventually got friendlier as we got to know each other.
With everything straightened out now and not having to pay for another ground course, I was ready to start flying. But I had to start from scratch because of the lousy training that I got from the FBO in Florida. That was okay with me. I was ready for some real flight training.