[WhiteRose1912]

I took driver's ed as soon as I was able. I passed the class just fine, but I was terrified of driving. When it came time to do the driving portion, I was scared, lacked confidence, and was just generally awful. My instructor teased me and made me cry. I even ran a stop sign. He told me to come back when I'd had more driving hours.

It took me until I was 17 to get up the nerves to go back to that guy. He was just as awful and insensitive as before, but I had enough driving experience that his nastiness didn't cause me to make stupid mistakes and he passed me.