On The Road: Learning to Steer the Wheel

Learning how to drive was an incredibly uplifting learning experience. It gave me freedom, a sense of independence, and my own beginning of the infamous "solo lifestyle"!

I took months of driver's education prior to clocking my hours in order to get my license, but would never trade back all the laughter and intelligent conversation my driving instructor and I shared together.

My driving instructor's name was Frank. He was a gentle, older guy with a great sense of humor. While we were out for drives, he would take the pressure off with a wisecrack here and there, or tales of the houses in the neighborhoods.

All the kids in my class were intelligent, humorous, and sweet individuals--even the craziest of teenage boys. I reconnected with an old Elementary school friend who was in the same timeblock as I was every other night. She was the one who released my Starbucks obsession through her famous "iced coffee with four pumps of vanilla and some milk".

Driving education is something no kid should miss out on. The bonds you create are irreplaceable, and the people you meet are inspiring. Perhaps this experience was super duper for me, while it is painful for others. The spring-summer of 2010 were two of the best that I will never forget, and while I may never see those kids again, I will always hold the good times close to my heart.

The only downside to class was the gruesome and gory film strips of car accidents and much left unsaid. Let's just say... you won't be drinking Coke again in your life, nor seeing human guts the same way.


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