Wow. That's some of the worst advice I've read in a while. Did you stone your way to completionist?
1. fists of light
2. fists of iron
3. quivering palm
4. stunning fist
5. earth strikes
Seriously if you're not making good use of atleast 3 of those abilities often, you're playing a monk badly.
If he hates the class, he probably DOES play it badly. So what? He is only playing it in order to get a PL, and is making it as simple for himself as possible.
If I ever want a monk past life badly enough to suffer through leveling a monk, I probably will do same thing.
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
"Of course it is. Are YOU going to question beholder's artistic sense?"