Jul 18
Driver’s Ed.
Posted by madameblogalot at 8:54 pm in home, kids & family, something new

My son started his driver’s ed. class this week. We have decided to put him in a driving school rather than teach him ourselves. (Pretty funny from a homeschool mom!) But since he is no longer homeschooled, we wanted him to be able to complete the course in the summer during school break.

The owner of the driving school is a track coach at another high school and lots of the kids already know him. This put me a little at ease, knowing he has a good rapport with many kids and is used to working with teens. Of course I have my hesitations as well, but overall we are hoping this is a good experience for our son.

The funny thing is that very many of our friends are teaching their kids to drive rather than sending them to a school. The driving school is a lot more expensive, at least double. But I don’t have to keep up with any paperwork, it is a much quicker course, and I think it will be good for him to drive with some other teachers besides just my husband and myself.

Next Monday, my son will be eligible to go and get his permit.  Beware the student driver!

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  1. Malcolm R. Campbell wrote:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 7:15 pm

    With drivers ed being a requirement in many states for getting one’s license sooner rather than later, how are the people teaching their own kids to drive getting around the need for them to be in (or also in) the formal, approved class.

    My folks taught me how to drive, but I also had to take the class or else wait several years longer before I had the license.

    Malcolm

    P.S. Click on my name to see my new website for GARDEN OF HEAVEN.

  2. madameblogalot wrote:
    July 24th, 2008 at 10:27 am

    there are state approved parent taught courses, so they are not really getting around the requirements. it is interesting. there are some differences between the driving school and the parent taught, it seems. (once we decided to put him in the driving school, I did not research much on the parent taught course) It seems to take longer and the parent must keep paperwork on all course work and driving time. I think some of the parent taught courses are also “graduated licenses” where the student has to spend so much time with certain kinds of driving before moving on to another level (parking lot time, neighborhood driving, main road, etc) again, I did not do lots of research on it, but it seems to be lots of folks I know are doing it, so there is a way to meet state requirements while teaching it at home.

    for us, I think it’s good that he is learning from us and from his instructors. and then he will of course spend lots of time practicing w/ us before he gets his license (at least six months)

    another trend I am noticing, lots of parents are waiting longer before letting their kids drive. I know several 16 yr olds who are not driving or in a driving course (which is fine, but a different trend I think than in the past)

  3. madameblogalot wrote:
    July 24th, 2008 at 10:43 am

    Malcolm- your new website looks great! I love clicking on the pictures icons to take me to new pages. and your slide show of a young author is great! I like the headings for each page too. really nice.

    everyone go check out Malcolm’s new site. it’s really nice!

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