Hehe, talk about semantics... but... I can't resist: "Practice makes permanent!"

Anyway, ehem... do you really want to a guitar teacher to teach you songs? Or would you rather learn how to learn/play songs on your own?

Your teacher may be giving you the foundation that you need so that you can learn songs on your own, in which case, you may end up being better off than your friend who knows how to play a few songs.

When I took lessons a long long time ago, my teacher taught me a few songs and more importantly, how to execute the techniques necessary for those songs. I can still remember the techniques, but I can't remember the songs at all anymore.

But they were metallica songs... so the technique wasn't all that great compared to all the flashy hotshots nowadays (Laiho, Li, Limatainen, Loomis, cooLey etc)... I sure wished I listened to megadeth instead. At least then I would've learn hirajoshi and all that stuff...

Maybe he's busy practising...