Try again, fail better

[fivemack]

Well, nine rather than sixteen minor faults, but still three major ones.

Previously I'd tended to fail for lack of observations; this time I turned my head constantly, as if a partially-deaf owl seeking an especially succulent but somewhat stealthy shrew, and mostly failed for lack of steering.

(apart from hitting the curb on the parallel park; I don't see why this is an automatic failure, tyres being solid enough that it won't damage the council's curb, and probably only somewhat reduce the life of the tyres)

Fourth time pays for all, that's what they say ...

I've spent £1592 on driving lessons and tests to date. I can't help thinking at the moment that I might rather have a dual-processor PowerMac, or four weeks youth-hostelling in Australia.

Comments

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Getting there, though! :-(

My driving career is at about the six hundred quid mark, even before the theory test. These days fifteen hundred quid will pay for the tuition cost of about one sixth of a second BA, if you want to compare driving tuition costs to other tuition costs. Which would you rather have? Which would make your life better?

[fivemack.livejournal.com]

Don't tempt me ... 'why didn't I do chemical engineering?' goes through my mind maybe weekly, though the time's a much more serious problem than the cost ('umm, why are you applying aged 32 with only a newly-gained MSc?')

The answer at A-level was that I'd read a university-level chemistry book and it seemed to be more of the same stuff that happened at A-level, whilst university-level maths appeared to be going off in different directions. But there's something in the back of my mind, occasionally sticking out towards the middle, that wants to MAKE THINGS, and on the scale of refineries or their outputs rather than little bits of twee artistry.

Finding a job which produces software for sale to the public might be a saner direction.