Paul Folbrecht wrote:

I'd suggest that your condescending comment wasn't exactly warranted.

I'm sorry if it sounded that way, but I wasn't being condescending.

Airport operations and following taxi instructions are basic knowledge
required to fly safely. You might think it's safe to hold short of a
runway "just in case," but you could have caused a taxiway incursion
by stopping suddenly.

There's nothing wrong with remedial training. If you don't know this
area, you need to find out. If you learned it incorrectly, you need to
repair that. Clarify this area of knowledge with your instructor and
that tower controller (it's possible you misunderstood each other while
discussing this). If he doesn't know it correctly, bring him along to
someone who does, or at least show him the book.