Opinion: Drivers Ed Should Be Put Back in Schools Curriculum

If you have a very strong passion for driving, whether it be the feeling you get behind the wheel, how you feel when you’re cruising down the interstate, or even just driving in general, then you’ll want to keep reading. Drivers ed should be put back into the school’s curriculum. Drivers ed was taken out of most of the schools in the Knox County district simply because there wasn’t enough funding for it. Because of this action, the families who are struggling financially but want their kid(s) to learn to drive can’t afford the drivers school. The drivers school is a one week class in the summer that costs $200 to $800 depending on what sessions you want to take. In these sessions you are taught driving etiquette. If there was a drivers ed class in schools, those low income families wouldn’t have to spend their money on the drivers school; they could put their kid(s) in the class in the schools. Some students don’t necessarily have a good grasp of understanding some things, especially about driving, and because of this they may tend to feel more stressed about even attempting to get behind the wheel. Because of this these students will more than likely freak out over things the experienced drivers don’t really think twice about but are more of a problem for these students who just started driving. People may have the opinion that putting drivers-ed back in schools isn’t a good idea because of the reason it got taken out because the school doesn’t have the money. For drivers-ed, the school would have to pay a teacher to teach it, insurance for the possible accidents, and a car to test drive. This would be difficult, but if student driving ability really is a priority, then we should be able to make it happen. There are negative and positive outcomes to putting drivers-ed back in schools, but at the end of the day you just have to go with the one that does the most good and benefits all the factors.