An Occasion | Anthony Luciani
A few months ago I was in a driving class for a while. We had already gone through the written part of the class and were going through the driving part. I was terrified to drive with all the rules I had to remember, watching for other people on the road and many other things. My coworkers told me that it would be all right and that I'll do finebut that didn't seem to help.
Eventually, after a couple of days my mother decided to have me practice driving to work in the morning. On one of the mornings I was doing particularly bad. I didn't stay on my lane and I was getting terribly frustrated with myself and the mistakes I made. By that time I had only one session left with Mr. Corry in the Driver's Ed car. I never really wanted to drive in the first place and was thinking about quiting the class. I pulled into the parking lot of Cacique, the place I used to work, and stopped the car to park. My mom and I walked out of the car. I was feeling pretty dissapointed in myself at that point. My mom was probably dissapointed in me too. Before she and I went our seperate ways she looked me straight in the eyes asked a question.
"Do you want to drive?" she asked, "Seriously, do you want to drive?"
I looked at her and thought for a moment.
"No," I replied as I always said, "I do not want to drive, but I know that I'm eventually going to have to."
As I worked the rest of that day I debated with myself on whether I should give up driving and learn on my own time later or continue to finnish. I came to a decision by the end of the day as I walked home. I was determined to finnish that course. There were so many other things that I quit in the past, Karate, some art classes, riding bikes, even sports. I did not want this to be one of those things I would quit.
Finally the last session with Mr. Corry came and I was very nervous. I was the first one to drive. I did everything I was supposed to and drove much smoother than the first couple of times. After the session Mr. Corry came out to talk to my mom and he handed a certificate of completion over and told us that whenever I was ready I could hand it in to the DMV to take the driving test. I haven't gone to the DMV yet but I am glad knowing that I stuck through the driving course and that I didn't quit.
Eventually, after a couple of days my mother decided to have me practice driving to work in the morning. On one of the mornings I was doing particularly bad. I didn't stay on my lane and I was getting terribly frustrated with myself and the mistakes I made. By that time I had only one session left with Mr. Corry in the Driver's Ed car. I never really wanted to drive in the first place and was thinking about quiting the class. I pulled into the parking lot of Cacique, the place I used to work, and stopped the car to park. My mom and I walked out of the car. I was feeling pretty dissapointed in myself at that point. My mom was probably dissapointed in me too. Before she and I went our seperate ways she looked me straight in the eyes asked a question.
"Do you want to drive?" she asked, "Seriously, do you want to drive?"
I looked at her and thought for a moment.
"No," I replied as I always said, "I do not want to drive, but I know that I'm eventually going to have to."
As I worked the rest of that day I debated with myself on whether I should give up driving and learn on my own time later or continue to finnish. I came to a decision by the end of the day as I walked home. I was determined to finnish that course. There were so many other things that I quit in the past, Karate, some art classes, riding bikes, even sports. I did not want this to be one of those things I would quit.
Finally the last session with Mr. Corry came and I was very nervous. I was the first one to drive. I did everything I was supposed to and drove much smoother than the first couple of times. After the session Mr. Corry came out to talk to my mom and he handed a certificate of completion over and told us that whenever I was ready I could hand it in to the DMV to take the driving test. I haven't gone to the DMV yet but I am glad knowing that I stuck through the driving course and that I didn't quit.
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