Barrister's obnoxious thread full of smug parenting stories

[Admiral Yi]

She handled a bike without training wheels no problem.

[Ed Anger]

She handled a bike without training wheels no problem.

That is enough outta you boy.

[Malthus]

Americans have it in High School, no?

Yeah though I took it in a summer course.

Note that it is, of course, different from state to state.

True story: my driving instructor refused to take me on the highway. "They don't pay me enough to risk my life for that".

So I just had to teach myself highway driving. 

[derspiess]

Americans have it in High School, no?

Yeah though I took it in a summer course.

Note that it is, of course, different from state to state.

In WV it was a class they offered during a regular semester.  Private driving schools/instructors were a bit of an oddity.  Here in Ohio it's not offered in schools at all, which still seems weird to me.

[Savonarola]

True story: my driving instructor refused to take me on the highway. "They don't pay me enough to risk my life for that".

So I just had to teach myself highway driving.

One of my friends took drivers ed through the Detroit Public School System.  He said they never got on the open road at all; all driving was done either by simulator or in the parking lot.

[CountDeMoney]

When I learned to drive, it was an actual semester course in 10th grade, and the county school system owned the cars used for the practical part of Drivers Ed.  Probably not the case anymore, no use teaching something that's not on the federal and state standards tests.

[derspiess]

When I learned to drive, it was an actual semester course in 10th grade, and the county school system owned the cars used for the practical part of Drivers Ed. 

My school had a couple sweet Plymouth Reliants.  One beige and one red.

[CountDeMoney]

My school had a couple sweet Plymouth Reliants.  One beige and one red.

lol, yeah, it was around that time.  No frills K-cars.  No AC, no radios.    I think we had a couple shitty '84 Chevy Nova nightmares as well. 

Jesus H Christ, cars were so bad back then.  How the fuck does the namesake for the Malibu become a hatchback.

[Razgovory]

Americans have it in High School, no?

Yeah though I took it in a summer course.

Note that it is, of course, different from state to state.

In WV it was a class they offered during a regular semester.  Private driving schools/instructors were a bit of an oddity.  Here in Ohio it's not offered in schools at all, which still seems weird to me.

When I was in High School it was offered as a regular semester and a summer course.  I took the Summer Course.  I was an idiot back then and took a whole bunch of extra classes.  In 9th Grade I had a class (science) after the school closed for everyone else.

[CountDeMoney]

And you didn't even make meth.  Way to go, McFly.

[DGuller]

True story: my driving instructor refused to take me on the highway. "They don't pay me enough to risk my life for that".

So I just had to teach myself highway driving.

Which is an idiotic attitude, as highways are the safest roads.  Which doesn't mean that you still don't need to be taught the basics.  But my instructors had the same attitude, so I had to learn it on my own as well.

[Razgovory]

And you didn't even make meth.  Way to go, McFly.

Before I was insane I was the ambitious little worker bee.

[Ed Anger]

As soon as the bell rung, I was outta there. They already stole 6 hours of my day.

[Admiral Yi]

Which is an idiotic attitude, as highways are the safest roads.  Which doesn't mean that you still don't need to be taught the basics.  But my instructors had the same attitude, so I had to learn it on my own as well.

Safest in terms of property or in terms of casualty?

[Ed Anger]

I taught my twins the secret family Recipie for chili. Now the little shits can cook for me.

Yes Val, with beans. Suck on that.