Re: Independent Driving.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 8:11 pm
WhoseGeneration wrote:TheInsanity1234 wrote:Nope, he has extensive experience of teaching deaf pupils from my school, but my school is an oral school, which means he does not use BSL.
Presumably he has had students pass? If so that would imply he has ensured students have been able to undertake the independent driving part.
Fwiw, my view is don't sweat the test yet. I appreciate you're trying to gain as much knowledge as you can, your being here shows that but wait until you're actually having lessons on public roads and then raise any concerns here.
Something that slightly concerns me is that you might try to be too "AD". By that I mean, just accept what you're told to do for the test, don't argue based upon what you've read here or elsewhere.
Pass test, then AD.
I just want to make it clear that I'm not overly concerned about the test, I'm only asking because I just had a sudden "oh but what if?" moment that resulted in me posting the thread
I don't intend on trying to be "AD" at all. And I've had plenty of experience of just being told stuff and then doing it (GCSEs for a start ). I don't intend on arguing anything because I realise that I'm different and have a very questioning mind, but this often leads to my downfall in a lot of exams, because I almost always question things, then try to answer it myself rather than just repeating what I've been taught in the classes.
The education system has a knack for stamping on the "different" pupils, and encouraging the "normal" pupils.
triquet wrote:Some very good advice here. You will probably find that once you get out on the public roads, other drivers will be behaving in strange and unpredictable ways. The most useful AD lesson you can learn even at this stage is observation.
Stuff will be happening all around you, and you only have your eyes to take in the information.
(my italics)
That has always been an amusing statement for me in relation to driving, because... Well, think back to the last drive you made.
Now think about how much of a difference losing all of your hearing would have made? You can't hear the radio?
Anything else...?
Even when being driven, use the time to soak up what is going on around you. Observe and analyse. Comment to yourself about what you are seeing (don't do it out loud, you may be asked to get out and walk ...)
I do this already
(Of course I won't do it out loud, I can't reveal how mad I am to others... They all think I'm sane! I'd like to keep it that way )