Interesting Forbes article

Somehow, the weight of this particular passenger (who was almost exactly the same size as my instructor) so unbalanced the airplane that I wobbled during the 60 degree turns. This was something I’d mastered months ago. My figure 8s looked like a kindergartner had drawn them. And I bounced during the dreaded short-field landing. Even worse, after we pulled off the runway onto the apron, shut down the engine to have a “little talk” (read, “grilling” about weather conditions, proper procedures, etc.) the engine flooded and I was so focused on the checklist that I didn’t think to get the OTHER checklist (the one appropriate to starting a flooded engine.)
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What "60 degree turns" or "figure 8s" on a private checkride?
 
It's been mentioned here before, I think, though maybe not linked to. I'm not sure what she's really saying. The lede is that not everyone is cut out to be a pilot, but the story is about someone overcoming, through time and effort, her limitations, and becoming a pilot.
 
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