I'm with GMMAT on this one; at least you have a dad that tried to show you what to do. Pluse you remember things from your childhood a little scued and so does your father. The truth is somewhere in the middle. I have four children and I know I'll have to take the show you first approach. All of my children are very different in their actions as well as how they learn. Some will sit and wait to be shown what to do, and there is nothing wrong with that, they don't want to screw up and upset dad or look foolish. Others can't get away fast enough to listen to the word "bye" and a father can't let them go in like that; there has to be some sort of order. Your dad may have been making the best of two boys with different personalities, so you saw his teachings as substandard, when really they may have been perfect.
Good luck,
KP