Mock Driving Test Gone Mad

The problem with mock driving tests, is that any 17-25 year old will naturally compare it to an academic test.  It is instilled into us from a very early age, that if you practise enough academic mock tests, eventually..... eventually, you will reap the rewards when it comes to the actual test.  We only need to look at the energy created by enthusiastic Grammar school parents who coach their 10-11 yr old children for the 11+ tests to see this in action.  This is just a taste of things to come.  It is little wonder that by the time our 17+ year olds come out of this process of learning by continual testing, that they feel inclined to have the same attitude towards learning to drive.

I have witnessed pupils hopping across the country, repeatedly attempting the driving theory test having done very little actual study, but in effect, only learning by repeatedly failing the £23 test.  

Likewise, there are a great many young people who will shortcut the process of learning to drive, and hop on the driving mock test route, with the view that if you do enough mock tests, surely you will pass the driving test eventually.  It is not uncommon for pupils who repeatedly fail mock tests, to still insist on going to test, in the misguided hope that just like the academic tests, if they don't get their ultimate intended "grade", they will still pass.

Now at this point in my blog, I am very conscious that if I haven't already completely switched off all 17-25 year olds, then the remaining few, are actually quite serious about learning to drive well,  and doing it 'cost effectively' - yes that combination really is possible!  If you are still with me, then take a look at this video of how to monitor progress when learning to drive, and see if you can spot the fundamental trap that many poor folk will fall into that inhibits any further learning.

If you get nothing else out of this blog than appreciating how "learning by testing" is not the way forward when you learn to drive, then it has been time well spent for you, and could possibly save you several hundreds of pounds as a result!

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