Monday, February 15, 2021

Snow daze

You may have noticed that it's snowing outside, quite a lot actually.  Because of that, there has been a steady stream of announcements across the bottom of my TV screen.  Schools, businesses, churches, trash collections, everything is closing.  One closing in particular caught my eye.  Ahead of the Curb Driving Academy (I do like that name) is closed tomorrow.  Now I wonder about this.  It seems to me they are missing a great teaching opportunity here.  When else will their students be able to practice driving behind snow plows and through deep snow, ice and slush?  Not to mention correcting after a skid and maybe even caroming off a police car?  I mean, talk about real life driving experiences.  I do admit that the instructors might be a little reluctant to meet this challenge.  Years ago a friend of mine, a high school teacher, spent his summer months teaching drivers' education.  As I said, he was young, but his hair seemed to gray rapidly during those few years. He finally quit after he developed ulcers.  

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