It's maybe a little bit indicative of where we find ourselves in the whole pilot-training question that we've gone from arguing about whether the 152 will spin "well enough" (read: hard enough) for a prospective pilot to really Get It to arguing about whether the 152 has enough shiny buttons or is "clean enough" for a prospective pilot to Get It. Jesus, kids. Learn to fly in something draggy, slow, steam-gauged, and predictable. You can fly the Space Shuttle later. You might even try spinning it, the plane doesn't just suddenly explode if you do. It might do the next generation of pilots a world of good to learn how to fly the wing in a plane that isn't going to kill them for seeing what it looks like when you go "outside the profile". You might go "outside the profile" any moment for the rest of your professional career...wouldn't it be better to have some notion of what that's like in something that isn't going to rise up and bite you for getting there?
Sorry, but I've seen one too many "pilot"s who think if the wings stop flying you might as well just put your will inside a fireproof box and start praying.