Way2Top

Two days back, I had a duel with my driving instructor, due to his wrong instructions which almost led us to accident. I very clearly heard from him to go straight while we were waiting for a green signal. When the green signal came and I went straight ahead, he said “Hey, why do you go straight, I said turn left..”.We were almost hit by a vehicle because of the momentary confusion that followed. He never accepted that he told to me go straight. The entire session was filled with some misunderstandings. At the end of the class he was not happy with me, I was not happy with him.

Today, before beginning the class, I had a small talk with him and explained him clearly that I want his best effort to get me passed. I also granted him my complete trust on my part. This eased the cold-war and what followed was one of the best teaching I have ever had in my life. He even started giving me some valuable tips, which he never care to tell his students. His interest in getting me passed was appearing rather obvious in his face. There were couple of instances when he gave wrong instructions today, but he corrected it immediately. On my part, I put in some effort by re-learning all the traffic rules and imagining mentally various scenarios that can happen on the road. At the end of the class, he was happy and I was extremely happy.

Amazing what sorting out things can do!