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03/17/08
Need To Raise Standards
by cruelai at Citysearch
I took the student driver education course and paid $300 for rubbish. Boring lectures, a lazy office secretary, and unaligned cars - Success Driving Academy has little to rave about seeing how most of the sessions consisted of watching a 90's video or listening to bad lectures. Honestly, you would think after so many years of teaching the same course over and over that the instructor would either be very informative...or at least entertaining.
What is worse about this place is how they try and juice every cent from the students. During the break of every class, they offer a wide variety of snacks from vending machines and mini fridges. I honestly didn't need or care for the break time. Why would I want to spend another half hour (or however long the break was, it seemed like half an hour to me) watching strangers eat when I could be doing something else? It wasn't what I paid for and you aren't doing me a favor by giving me a break. I have better things to do with my time and I have enough concentration and intelligence to sit and "learn" (assuming the teacher actually taught) for two hours straight. Heck, even the people that need bathroom breaks can go in the middle of lectures seeing how they aren't going to miss much.
If there was anything I could possibly approve of, it is their driving instructors. The instructors I had were very cautious and personally knew what streets were safe enough for students. They didn't get angry no matter how horrible the student. The only bean I have to pick with them is how none chose to inform me that in one of the beat up cars, the steering wheel wasn't straight. Only after several sessions did I learn this from observation.
- Pros: Patient Driving Instructors, Poorly Made (but funny) 90's Instructional Videos
- Cons: Unnecessary Break Time, Grouchy and Old Classroom Teacher,
