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Some question about homeschooling, help???
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Question:
I have a 15 year old and forgot about driver's ed!!
how do I homeschool in this area?
I have no clue!
I had forgotten that he's old enough to learn to drive...
this is something my husband can teach even if i don't want to but what do
we do and how do we do it?
Can we do it without any intervention?
Can we teach him from the book and then take him in for his permit?
how long to show him how to drive and all that before we should take him in
for his permit?
Answer:
- Well, I don't have a kid old enough for that yet, but you would get a copy of
the book from the DMV, then have the child study to pass the test for his
learner's permit. Once he gets the permit, you have 2 options: Get in the car
with him, or take him to a professional driver's school, and let them get the
gray hairs.
Note: In most, if not all states, insurance companies will give cheaper
rates to drivers who have completed a professional driver's ed training.
- Or wait until the young man is 17 and then get his learner's permit [in
our state, all they have to do is take a written test]. Ride with him
and instruct him until he is about to turn 18 [in our state, they have
to take a driving test with the Department of Motor Vehicles]. A good
year of practice and the added maturity of being 18 when he gets his
license is a more cost effective approach to insurance rates. A male
driver under 18, even with driver's ed, will be a pretty hefty annual
expense. YMMV, but check with your insurance company to see how much he
will add to your annual cost for the next three years with and without
driver's ed. Also ask them what it would be if he were 18. Do the cost
tradeoffs and see what is best.
Now, this approach will not sit well with most young men that I know;
but involve him in the cost analysis. Let him see what the true costs
will be. He might find that riding a bicycle and saving the insurance
money for the three years [along with what ever else he can save] will
allow him to have a better vehicle and appreciate it more. It always
amazed my father with how much mileage he could get out of a set of
tires when I had to buy the second set.
BTW, this is the approach we took with our three oldest. The first two
got their license on their 18th birthday, the third one waited until his
19th. Each of them saved for their own cars, which they bought soon
after getting their licenses.
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