Ah, yes... the old "I've seen you walk across the room, so I know your every thought and dream"... give it a rest.
Experience counts to help people learn, but learning basic skills isn't "tailored" to every individual's needs... they're taught as basic skills. As you progress, that level of skill improves, and your training IS tailored, but let's not turn the teachers into the Wizard of Oz quite yet.
I've had great teachers in my training, and most of the time, everybody else getting the same training was seeing the same things and learning the same things I was... when I was getting individual help, they tailored what they were doing... the rest of the time, and it's true for everyone, you get the flavor of the month from whoever happens to be teaching at the time.
I certainly hope that you aren't going to tell me that if you need work on your shihonage, one of these "high ranking masters" is going to see that if he's teaching sankyo and stop the presses to make sure your shihonage is correct... 44 years of training tell me "that ain't gonna happen"...
You get what they bring with them... and if you go enough times, you get a lot of it...