Our youngest daughter has just endured another lesson in, Having to do things nobody wants to do and nobody thinks you should have to and yet it is THE LAW.
She took driver's ed over her Christmas break.
Just to clarify, I think most parents would send their kids to driver's ed, even if they didn't have to. In fact, this blogger did that: Due to an older brother that crashed every car my folks owned, I was not permitted to drive till 18--which is when I no longer needed their permission to take driver's ed. It was also the point where it no longer was a pre-requisite for getting your licence. I felt like it would be a good idea and signed up anyway.
The quality of the instruction is notoriously poor. From the stories our daughter told us--the instructor shouldn't be allowed to drive, much less to instruct future drivers. The quality is poor because the customers are guaranteed: You cannot choose not to buy the service.
Around here, few make the logical leap: If it wasn't required, the instruction would be much better. As a result, most kids (mostly due to concerned parents--concern for their automobiles, if not their precious urchins) would still take the courses. But, but, some might not take the classes! Great! So instead of 90% of kids getting great instruction and 10% no instruction, we get 100% getting worthless instruction. For the Win!
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