C172 WAS CLRED TO LAND; PLTS EXPECTED A TOUCH-AND-GO. ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY THEIR STATUS WITH THE TWR DURING LNDG ROLL WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THEY IMPROPERLY MADE TOUCH-AND- GO.

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WE WERE ON AN IFR TRAINING FLT; IFR FLT PLAN TO FWA. APCH CTL ASKED HOW WE WISHED TO TERMINATE THE RWY 23 BACK COURSE APCH. I SAID THAT WE WANTED TO TOUCH-AND-GO AND RETURN NBOUND TO KALAMAZOO. APCH SAID OK. SHORTLY THEY HANDED US OFF TO TWR. IN THE PROCESS OF THE APCH; I REQUESTED TWR TO CALL OUT THE CHKPOINTS AS WE PASSED THEM ON THE APCH. THEY DID THIS. I COMPLETED THE APCH AND TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 23 AND BEGAN TO CONFIGURE THE AIRPLANE FOR TKOF WHEN MY FLT INSTRUCTOR SAID HE THOUGHT WE WERE CLRED FOR FULL STOP. SO HE ATTEMPTED TO CLARIFY CLRNC WITH FWA TWR AND ASKED THEM IF WE WERE CLRED FOR TOUCH-AND-GO OR FULL STOP. I KEPT THE AIRPLANE SPD UP AS WE CONTINUED ROLLING DOWN THE RWY WAITING FOR TWR'S RESPONSE. APPROX 15 SECONDS PASSED; HE THEN ASKED THEM AGAIN IF WE WERE CLRED FOR TOUCH-AND-GO OR FULL STOP. ANOTHER 10-15 SECONDS PASSED; STILL NO RESPONSE. I CONTINUED TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE ROLLING AT A FAIRLY HIGH SPD. TWR STILL DID NOT RESPOND; SO I ADDED FULL PWR AND ROTATED FOR TKOF. MY THOUGHT AT THIS POINT WAS THAT APCH HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF OUR INTENTIONS AND THAT FOR US TO DO A FULL STOP IF TWR ANTICIPATED A TOUCH-AND-GO COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FOLLOWING ACFT; IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY; TO POSSIBLY LAND ON US AND THAT THE POTENTIAL PROBS OF A TOUCH-AND-GO IF TWR ANTICIPATED A FULL STOP ARE ONLY THOSE OF A GAR AND THAT TWR ANTICIPATES THE POSSIBILITY OF A GAR EVERY TIME AN AIRPLANE IS CLRED TO LAND. AS WE BEGAN OUR CLB; AT ABOUT 20 FT AGL; TWR FINALLY RESPONDED AND SAID 'I CLRED YOU TO LAND.' I APOLOGIZED FOR THE MIX- UP. TWR GAVE US A HDG AND HANDED US OFF TO APCH/DEP AND WE RETURNED TO KALAMAZOO VFR. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN ACCEPTING CLRNCS FOR LNDG; IN THE FUTURE I WILL ASK 'IS NXXXX CLRED FOR FULL STOP?' OR 'IS NXXX CLRED FOR TOUCH- AND-GO?' RATHER THAN ACCEPTING A 'CLRED TO LAND.' I WILL ALSO NOT BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE APCH CTL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF YOUR INTENTIONS THAT IT MEANS THEY WILL NOTIFY TWR EVEN WHEN OPERATING ON AN IFR FLT PLAN AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.