STUDENT PLT INADVERTENTLY PENETRATED ARSA PRIOR TO RECEIVING REQUESTED CLRNC.

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MY STUDENT DEPARTED NORMAN WESTHEIMER ARPT ON HER FIRST SOLO XCOUNTRY; AND HEADED W. THIS PUTS HER NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE ARSA AT OKLAHOMA CITY. SHE CONTACTED DEP CTL 3 TIMES BEFORE GETTING A RESPONSE FROM THEM. DURING THIS TIME; APPROX 5 MINS; SHE CONTINUED HER R CLB. THE CTLR TOLD THE STUDENT TO CONTACT APCH ON A DIFFERENT FREQ. BY THIS TIME; THE STUDENT HAD CLBED INTO THE ARSA AND NEW CTLR TOLD THE STUDENT SHE WAS MAKING A 'MAJOR VIOLATION.' THE STUDENT EXPLAINED THAT SHE WAS A STUDENT PLT; AND THAT SHE ATTEMPTED CONTACT SEVERAL TIMES. I FEEL THAT CTLRS SHOULD NOT TALK TO A STUDENT THAT WAY. THE CTLR SHOULD LET THE STUDENT KNOW THAT SHE HAD MADE A MISTAKE; AND TAKEN MORE TIME TO HELP THE STUDENT. SHE FEELS THAT THE CTLRS ARE 'MEAN;' AND THAT SHE IS SCARED TO TALK TO THEM. THE STUDENT WAS SO FRUSTRATED BY HER TREATMENT; THAT SHE DOES NOT WANT TO CONTINUE HER TRAINING. THE MAIN REASON I AM SENDING THIS RPT IN IS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HEARD SIMILAR TACTICS USED BY CTLRS. YOU CANNOT HAVE STUDENTS FLYING AND BEING SCARED TO TALK TO CTLRS. I HAVE STUDENTS THAT WOULD RATHER GO AROUND AN ARSA THAN TALK TO ONE OF THE APCH CTLRS. IN CONCLUSION; I SEE MISTAKES MADE BY BOTH THE STUDENT AND CTLR. THE STUDENT SHOULD NOT HAVE CONTINUED A CLB INTO THE ARSA UNTIL SHE HAD ESTABLISHED FIRM CONTACT WITH ATC. SHE HAD ONLY ESTABLISHED CONTACT BUT RECEIVED NO INSTRUCTION. THE FIRST CTLR SHOULD HAVE RESPONDED TO THE STUDENT IN SOME WAY; EVEN IF SHE WAS BUSY WITH MORE IMPORTANT 'TFC.' I HAVE ALREADY RESPONDED TO THE SECOND CTLR'S COMMENTS TO MY STUDENT. I FEEL THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ISSUED BECAUSE THE SYS IS CREATING PLTS TOO SCARED TO TALK TO ATC AND CTLRS TOO BUSY TO TALK TO LIGHT ACFT IN VFR CONDITIONS. I NEED NOT MENTION THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES.