June 5, 2008

• I Started Driving!

  I had my first Drivers ED class today and it wasn’t anything I expected. Our teacher is a retired military and he is tough, which is kind of intimidating. He isn’t mean or rude, he is actually very nice but firm. He begun the class saying that we are adults now and we should be treated like adults, which is new to me because I feel like people never take me seriously and so it feels really weird.
  
  There are about 20 kids in my class but the room is pretty small. There is this one girl in the class that, no offence, is really bizarre. The Drivers ED teacher randomly calls people to read and everyone in the room is in high school so it shouldn’t be a problem. When he called on her she said that she doesn’t know how to read and pleaded not to call on her. It was an awkward moment and he skipped her. Shouldn’t you know how to read by now? If she just said that to cover something up like she was nervous because that’s what my sister thought, shouldn’t you have overcome your fears already?
  
  Anyways I got to drive today for the first time. I have to drive tomorrow with the Drivers ED teacher so I asked my mom if I can practice a bit today. It was the strangest thing ever! Sitting and the passenger’s seat and driving feel so different! I did fine and didn’t crash into anything but it didn’t help with my Asian mother freaking out about everything. When I was going in a straight line she would keep saying speed up and no to fast slow down but I wasn’t drastically doing either and I was at a comfortable middle. I suppose she was just nervous.
  
  It kind of reminds me of the Asian mother video called “Put It in Purse”.

  • 12:15 am
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