Getting effective notes from improv teachers

So at the improv school I frequent the most- there’s two teachers I want to give an example of.

One teacher was beloved and looked at like a father or perhaps even godfather-like figure at the school. I had wanted to take classes of his for years but they were always sold out- schedule conflicts etc.. when I finally took him for some classes, I’d say it was my biggest disappointment so far in improv. His notes felt passive aggressive and he’d say things like “you used to this so good you’re not doing that anymore” when it was like “why didn’t you tell me I was doing that thing in the first place?”

There’s another teacher at the school that is popular but some students have been afraid to take because they have a reputation for giving “harsh” notes. When I finally took this teacher, his notes were basically directly telling me right away what the teacher I had looked forward to would take six classes to tell me. The notes did not seem to be “harsh” or come from a place of meanness but rather he was direct and would directly identify things I needed to work on and also what I did well.

I have improved so much under this teacher in comparison. It’s improv not every show class etc.. is going to be great and there will be some stinkers (ironically tonight was a stinker) but overall my batting average has gotten a lot more consistent.

It became clear to me that some students just want to be told how great they are for notes and that may be their apprehension . Which is great for them but frustrating for me since I feel like unfortunately I’ve on average got the former and not the latter for teachers.

Anyway TL/DR but what is your strategy for getting teachers to be more direct? I’m not a masochist who wants them to destroy me like they’re original American Idol Simon Cowell or the woman from Dance Moms and would like to know what I’m doing right as well so I know what works but I would like more honest feedback as well.