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Life was over, I told my parents.
ne of the most traumatic
"I'm
never going to drive!"
.
experiences of my young
Two weeks later I was back, and
life was the dreaded
this
time I passed.
Driver% License Exam.
I am proud to say that I have a
Soon after I completed my driver's
great
driving record — and I always
ed course, taught by Coach Wallace
know what to do when I see those
at Biloxi High in Mississippi, my fami-
eight-sided
red signs these days.
ly moved to Missouri and I sort of let
Now I happen to think that strict
things lapse. For months I didn't
regulations
determining who can
drive, and then a neighbor pushed
drive are important. Yet I wonder
me to it. Believe it or not, he was an
why
it is that we require so much of
attorney — a husky, jovial sort.
future drivers, but nothing of future
"There's nothing to this driving stuff!"
parents.
he insisted, and took me out in his
You don't need a per-
car one sunny afternoon. It was
mit to have a child
not a pleasant experience.
in this country. You
After that, my father
don't need any train-
worked with me. He
ing. There are no
patiently guided me as
:-
tests,
no
interviews,
I "drove," with lots of
no rules. Why?
uneven stops and starts,
I see so many terrible
in our old blue Volvo.
parents today, hear so
Then at last came The Big Day.
many
stories
about child abuse,
I quickly passed my written exam,
that I can't help but wonder whether
noting with pride that I actually knew
some
kind of required courses might
the answer to all those ludicrous ques-
be a good idea for couples wishing
tions like, "What is the speed limit if
to
have children.
you are driving a 12-ton truck filled
If I were the examiner, I would ask
with explosives along a rural route
prospective
parents how they plan to
with construction on Tuesday
discipline, who would care for the
evening?" I mean, who thinks these
child
in his infancy, whether the cou-
things up? Is it the same person who
ple had the financial wherewithal to
writes those questions like: What
provide the child with food and cloth-
should you do if you see a pedestri-
ing, and what kind of values the par-
an standing in the road ahead of
ents themselves hold.
you?
Above all, though, I would ask the
A) Stop
couple why they want children.
B) Forge ahead at 90 mph
There is only one correct answer to
C) Blast your horn and scream,
this
question.
"Get out of the road, you idiot!"
Why do we have children? To care
— or something along those lines.
for
them, to hold them, to kiss them,
Anyway, I passed the written exam.
to support them, to guide them, to
Then I got in the car. I hadn't been
sing
them songs, to snuggle with
there for two minutes when I drove
them, to put bandages on their
down a one-way street. The wrong
scraped knees, to read them books, •
way.
to admire their school projects, to
Two weeks later I was back.
push them on swings, to comfort
Undaunted, armed with confidence
them when they crawl into bed with
("You can do it!" my mother said) I
us in the middle of the night.
forged ahead. Three minutes into the
We have children to love them.
exam the instructor told me to pull to
the side of the road. "I guess you did-
n't notice that eight-sided red sign
Elizabeth Applebaum
with the letters S-T-O-P back there, did
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