Jays driving school - JDB

23/07/2024

Yayyyyyy. Love the 6 weeks 😂😂

08/03/2024

I’ve been told a few times my job is easy….
All I do is sit and tell ppl where to turn blah blah blah…..

Ok let me enlighten you a little.

I had to take 3 tests before I was recognised as a driving instructor.

I have to deal with pupils who….
Cry, laugh when they’ve nearly killed us, don’t bother coming our for their lesson, cancel as I’m pulling up outside their house or go AWOL for weeks then expect their space to still be there when there ready to start back up !

But still I smile and carry on.

I have to deal with parents asking why it’s taking so long, booking tests without asking if their child is any where near ready and then expecting me to just let them “have a go”

But still I smile and carry on.

I have to deal with other drivers putting my pupils under pressure, doing dangerous manoeuvres around my pupils, while I’ve got to keep the pupil calm.

But still I smile and carry on.

I have to adapt each lesson to suit each pupil.
Some get stressed when they can’t grasp something, others just give up, some just don’t understand…. I have to think and find another way to get it across so they understand

But still I smile and carry on.

I have pupils with anxiety, ADHD, mental disability’s and a whole load of other conditions

But still I carry on

That is just a snippet of what a driving instructor has to do to do their job!

Could you explain how and why you do EVERYTHING you do when you’re driving? Right down to the smallest detail? Miss that tiny little thing out that’s the difference between them understanding and not!

So before you tell me job is easy ask yourself could you do it? Could you stay calm when an over bearing parent is giving it you large?
Could you stay calm when the pupil doesn’t stop the car and you have to have the reactions of Jackie Chan to keep you and everyone else around you safe ?
When you e pulled up to pick a pupil up after getting up extra early to accommodate them for that lesson then they cancel last minute and you could’ve stayed in bed an extra hour.

All these things are a thing in our world and plenty of other things too.

But still I smile and carry on because when that 1 pupil passes and you see that smile, tears of joy, you get that text saying they got a new job because they needed to drive to be able to take that job…. I know I make a difference to ppls lives…. So I smile and carry on….

But….

My job is no where near easy.

30/08/2023

Life 😂😂

08/07/2023

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16/05/2023

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06/04/2023

Copied from another instructor

Imagine if you will that you've applied for the job of chief executive at DVSA & you've been accepted 😃 - Only to find that their entire system is completely broken 😕 & you are in charge of making significant improvements - including reducing reducing test waiting times 😃 But after being in charge for some time & paid several hundreds of thousands of our great British Pounds in salary to make the improvements 🙄 You find that everything is actually no better than when you first started 😬 Surely, most of you would immediately consider employing more examiners 😃 But after doing so at a very low rate of pay, the majority of them leave immediately for a much better paid job 🙄 & the one's you've got left go on strike for better pay & conditions & you find that you're no better off! 😬 So you decide that the best policy might be to penalise hard working instructors that dare to present learners for test that are reasonably good at most things.... most of the time - with the threat of inviting them to book a standards check test if their learners aren't quite good enough! 😬 & when you find that might not be quite enough to ensure a reduction in the driving test waiting times, you implement a policy of ensuring that all test candidates who fail their test - even if the only thing they haven't passed for is not becoming completely stationary at a Stop 🛑 sign is for them to have to wait at least a month before being able to sit their test again! 😮 But if you're a wee bit frightened that even that might not be quite enough to reduce the driving test waiting lists, then surely to top it all, you could implement a policy where you could just make it even more difficult for a qualified ADI to pass their standards check test & naturally, that will ensure that there's fewer instructors left that are actually still qualified to present their learners for test at a good enough standard - where they've got a good chance of passing! 😂 Surely that would be sufficient to ensure your continued employment as head of DVSA for the foreseeable future 😃

01/04/2022

Still a few spaces guys and girls. Don’t miss out!!

28/03/2022

Heyyyyyyyyyy I’m back!!!!! After a much needed break I’m back and raring to go!! Get in touch if you need some help getting that license this year. Will be very limited space though so don’t hang around. Get tagging!!

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