Douglas is a young talented 23 year old from a fairly affluent background and I could possibly describe him as one of the most arrogant people I have met in a long time. I do not see this as a problem because he has a lot of cause to be arrogant and wold be happy to be described as such.
He is tall and athletic looking, is in fact a talented athlete, and has striking aristocratic looks.
He is supremely intelligent and admits that he has never had an academic challenge in his life
because it is all so easy even though he has got a first class degree and is now doing an
addition degree in Law one year. He has enough money to pick and choose his Universities knowing that living
expenses are not at all an issue.
He has a girlfriend whose family are very rich, 3 homes in the UK including
the country estate with a mile long private drive, homes on the continent
and in the US, and so he will not bring her home to his tiny 6 bedroomed
home in a very nice part of Solihull because he is ashamed of it.
He is going to work in the City as a corporate lawyer and will earn a very high salary.
So... why do I find I cannot dislike him
and in fact have become very fond
of him over his 12 lessons with me?
I taught his younger, less talented, dyslexic sister who told me that he had said that when she is almost ready for test he will take a few lessons and pass before her. She is a delightful but under confident young lady so believed him. Consequently, when I met him I had a few pre judged ideas about him.
I would like to add that his sister, Alice, passed first time before he had even begun to start and she is a lovely driver.
Alisha is a pretty, bubbly23 year old girl who has little ambition in life. She is currently taking part in an apprenticeship in "Admin" so has been placed in a charitable agency where she is getting free training and is being paid £2.70 per hour after she had completed her one month trial.
Her educational background is mainly vocational courses with a 40% pass rate.I have a problem with these courses because 40% is a Pass but 100% is still
just a pass so there is no incentive to try any harder than the minimum to get by
because it will not be recognised. They are purely coursework based and there
is so much help (to massage the figures?) that there is almost an attitude of
"If I turn up I will get the qualification".
We are producing an almost underclass of youngsters who believe that education is doing the minimum to get by and getting an undervalued Certificate at the end of it.
The participants have no concept of Drive, Responsibility, Ambition, Work Ethic, Independence or, sadly, Personal Achievement.
Over the next few blogs I will be following the progress, trials and tribulations of these two very different potential drivers.
I hope you will join me watching the Soap Opera that is my daily life :)
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