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KnifeMissile · 07-07-2004, 10:18 PM

I am taking a defensive driving course and I am appalled at the attitudes the other students display in the course. It is simply terrible.

I am taking a driving course from Young Drivers and I must say that it is an excellent course. It's very expensive but it is filled with very good advice and all of it makes sense! Because of this, I don't understand the incredulity the other students show in the course. Many of them simply don't "get it" and complain about how they don't have to follow the advice because they're not idiots, despite the fact that the techniques are to defend yourself from other drivers and not yourself. They also don't believe the scenarios or advice are realistic or help the situation at all.

Now, in and of itself, this would not bother me. However, they have started to allow these attitudes to come through during the lecture. It is very distracting to me, especially considering how ignorant their remarks are. They inflame me to the point where I have trouble concentrating on the class, myself, which is tragic because I find the class fascinating and valuable. The problem is compounded by the irony of them choosing to take this defensive driving course for three times the price of a regular driving course. I seriously considered taking the trouble makers aside, after class, and explaining all this to them but, like reacting to flamebait on a forum, this would likely be futile.

To add to my aggravation, this sudden change of attitude only happened after some of the students were chatting with each other during a break (the course is done in three hour classes) and discovered that they shared feelings of incredulity at the course material. What does that say?

There is so much I can go into about the course itself, so you can judge its quality yourself, but if I ever post about that I will save it for another thread because I prefer to keep thread topics somewhat specific.

At the risk of tainting your response (have you ever read a post that refered to you, directly?), I will mention the interesting fact that everyone who complains about this course is under 20, while no one over this age has complained. What does that say?

Why are their so many people like this?

07-07-2004, 10:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
KnifeMissile Location: Waterloo, Ontario	Bad attitudes in class... I am taking a defensive driving course and I am appalled at the attitudes the other students display in the course. It is simply terrible. I am taking a driving course from Young Drivers and I must say that it is an excellent course. It's very expensive but it is filled with very good advice and all of it makes sense! Because of this, I don't understand the incredulity the other students show in the course. Many of them simply don't "get it" and complain about how they don't have to follow the advice because they're not idiots, despite the fact that the techniques are to defend yourself from other drivers and not yourself. They also don't believe the scenarios or advice are realistic or help the situation at all. Now, in and of itself, this would not bother me. However, they have started to allow these attitudes to come through during the lecture. It is very distracting to me, especially considering how ignorant their remarks are. They inflame me to the point where I have trouble concentrating on the class, myself, which is tragic because I find the class fascinating and valuable. The problem is compounded by the irony of them choosing to take this defensive driving course for three times the price of a regular driving course. I seriously considered taking the trouble makers aside, after class, and explaining all this to them but, like reacting to flamebait on a forum, this would likely be futile. To add to my aggravation, this sudden change of attitude only happened after some of the students were chatting with each other during a break (the course is done in three hour classes) and discovered that they shared feelings of incredulity at the course material. What does that say? There is so much I can go into about the course itself, so you can judge its quality yourself, but if I ever post about that I will save it for another thread because I prefer to keep thread topics somewhat specific. At the risk of tainting your response (have you ever read a post that refered to you, directly?), I will mention the interesting fact that everyone who complains about this course is under 20, while no one over this age has complained. What does that say? Why are their so many people like this?