A bit difficult.... weekly-engagement #44.

Pleasant greetings everyone!

While learning something new might be a piece of cake for some persons, others need a slow and thorough repititive illustratuons before they get it. I usually pride myself in being among the first category of persons who require minimal teachings befall understanding something. In fact, all I need to do is watch closely and soon I'll get it.

That one difficulty

I have been wanting to learn to drive a car for a long time now. This yearning has been brewing in me since secondary school days. The simple thought if been able to convey myself comfortably from one place to another fueled this yearning a lot but alas!, It was cut short when our family driver drove under the influence of alcohol and smashed the car beyond repair.

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I had no choice but to stall that desire waiting for an opportunity time. Now that I'm an adult, I decided to revive my dream by going to a driving school to learn how to drive, I mean how hard can it be?

To my treat shock, the driving instructors first sentence to me was..

"Are you ready to be mad?"

Seeing the confused look on my face, he then explained "that once a person is behind the wheels, he or she literally becomes a mad person because all road users are mad". I didn't find that statement funny at all and I should have known then and there that it would be quite difficult for me to learn to drive because his words have destabilized my mindset but I went ahead and paid the first installment and thus began a not so pleasant adventure.

Maybe it was the instructor or maybe it was my fear of being labelled "mad"or yet maybe the car had a grudge against me, all I knew was that I could not move beyond starting the car. It was a manual car needing keys to start it.

Believe me guys, I paid close attention to all of his movements while he drove the car and explained necessary pointers but Immediately we switched positions and I take the driver's seat, my oh my I freeze and can only start the vehicle.

_{photo by Hassan Ouajbir}

The not so patient instructor kept telling me "it will be fine" every time. I would have appreciated it if had called off the class and refunded my money but no, he obviously wanted my distress to drag on by indulging me daily. I knew it was time to stop this ridicule the day I decided to be braver than I already was. I started the car, put the gear to 1 then pressed my foot on the accelerator and suddenly the car jerked like a child having convulsions. Almost immediately, I jerked backwards abandoning the steering wheel and whatever my foot was placed on.

The instructors laughter brought me back to earth from wherever I traveled to. All the deities in my village received a swear word that day for sure, for allowing me to humiliate myself 🙄. The instructor was like "sister, go and rest and let's try again another time". I knew that was the hint to stay away and I have stayed away for five years now.

If you know that you can confidently teach me how to drive, let me know in the comments section.

Thank you all for reading..shalom.