During freshman and sophomore year, Drivers Ed is a big deal. This is basically the time that everyone has been waiting for, the time to drive and possibly get your license. Freeburg High School gives their students an option to take a driving class while in school. If you choose to attend, you first take a class portion and then an driving portion. In summary, the class portion is where you learn the rules of the road and take a paper test to tell if you are ready to drive on the road, once you pass the paper test you have the choice of whether or not you want to drive on the road with a teacher. The driving portion lasts a few weeks and happens every other day, until you have drove the required amount and are ready to take the final on-the-road …show more content…
I would walk the halls and hear the kids in my class talk about how they had already taken both portions of the class, and now had their license. I thought that my time to drive would be right around the corner, and so my sister would always tell me her stories about who she drove with and how it sucked, but reassured me that it truly wasn’t that bad. I always had my eye out looking for an email telling me that i’d start driving that week, but that never happened. Honestly, I was sorta glad it never did. I’ve never been a huge fan of driving, and still to this day i'm …show more content…
I thought the class portion would be difficult, but it mainly just consisted of a lot of reading and lecturing. I think the hardest part of the class portion for me was the final test part, but it made it a lot easier for me since I studied and also did a pre-test that day before. Eventually, once I passed the paper test, it was time for me to take the driving portion of the class. Honestly, I thought about bailing several times and going to a driving school outside of Freeburg, but I pulled through the anxiety. Turns out, the guy that was picked to drive with me, was someone my aunt and I had known and was very awkward. I didn’t enjoy the fact that he was driving with me, and so I tried to imagine that I was alone. I suffered through several weeks of driving, and the end came sooner than I