BBDC Bitching

sim kh was my instructor for driving today. if i slapped him everytime he said something stupid, his face would have been badly bruised by the end of lesson.


he goes like, "hello good afternoon 我是sim" at the start with a stupid fake smile atypical of men his age (seriously, at 70-odd years of age, i dont think people bother being fake anymore - they've seen far too much of life to do that). unfortunately he couldnt carry that fake niceties through and he kept putting down my driving skills. what made it worse was how he'd say something like "sorry, i have to tell you the truth" after pointing out my faults. now how does that make sense? he must be the only teacher in the world of education to apologize for pointing out a student's error.


so he spent 75% of the lesson telling me i was wrong (and barely telling me what is right), and linking it to my lousy "previous instructors" who cared more about being "nice" but will definitely not ensure i pass. he reiterated no less than 3 times that his passing rate was the highest among everyone, and reminded me that his role is to make me pass on my first try. if not for the fact that whether students in his group pass on first try or not affect his year-end bonus, i dont think he'll give a damn about his students passing. i mean, it wouldnt affect him otherwise, right?


i dont deny that at the start of today's lesson i screwed up crank-course quite badly- i kept striking kerbs. he blamed it on my "previous instructor" (who by the way is in his group of instructors too so wth) who didnt bother teaching me 3.02 properly. in 3.02 they introduce you to the reverse gear so i dont see the link but ok, whatever, maybe theres a link. point being, how can you possibly blame me, or the previous instructor, if i dont know how to do 3.03 considering i havent completed that module yet? if i were that good at it i would have completed it last lesson, no?


i hate his endless bitching about other instructors- like how they are very nice and friendly but have a super-low passing rate, and how you can never learn driving properly with a private instructor, etc. the worst must have been how he said he works very hard (like from 2pm right through 11pm with only a short break in between). you almost start to suspect bbdc blackmailed him into teaching. :/ i just 'orh-ed' all his musings throughout.


and ronald siew was teaching 118 today. i was in car 117 but i usually use 118. hahaha. it has come to a stage where I REALLY DUNNO WHO I'D RATHER GET. but i guess i'd rather get ronald siew now that hes nicer to me, or chan hy, than sim, ng, or alex tan. alex tan is the ultimate cos he allows you to pass modules without going through them. even though sim sucks at least he taught me something.

Well its been more than 2 years now and I can safely say I still remember how annoying Sim KH was at that time. I hope he has retired.

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