So you think I could pass with the right work even with my placement year next year. What if I don't pass by then that would be a disaster because it would mean taking a year out of driving and still having to wear a mask on public transport by the time 2022 comes

Use those negatives as incentives to do all that is necessary to pass.

The forum moderator wrote, quite clearly :-

Will you please NOT use this forum again. Clearly we are no help to you. Because of your dyspraxia I won't disable your account for now, but I won't hesitate to do so if you come back and insult someone.

A generous or sympathetic explanation for your continuing with the topic could simply be that you didn't see it. But you have now.

So you think I could pass with the right work even with my placement year next year.

I learned to drive when I was a 17 year old apprentice and in addition to doing the day job had to attend college for 1 1/2 days a week plus 1 evening (total learning hours 14 which is only 2 hours less than the 16 that constitutes a full time course these days). Then I had to do the courseworks etc in my spare time.

But the incentive to put in hours learning to drive (I had 17 lessons from early June to early November plus a small amount of time with dad in his car once I had become slightly competent) was the fact I would no longer have to wait for buses at 5.30 on a wet winters morning plus getting too and from college 3 times a week was a total pain, 2 buses each way.

I was spending probably 10 hours a week on buses going to work and to college (plus time spent walking and waiting), when I had passed those journeys could be done in way less than 3 hours in a dry warm car so well worth the effort.

After those 5 months of tuition I passed first time but then began the hard work, I had actually learn to drive. That is very different to learning how to pass the test since you are not driving on the same routes every week in daylight in light traffic. You have to drive on many different roads, in the dark, sometimes in foul weather surrounded by many idiots who do not realise you are a new driver.

So don't for one minute think the theory bit is the hard part, that is easy, you can press reset if you get it wrong and no one is harmed.

Driving is not a right, its a privilege.

So you think I could pass with the right work even with my placement year next year. What if I don't pass by then that would be a disaster because it would mean taking a year out of driving and still having to wear a mask on public transport by the time 2022 comes

Whilst I passed my driving test aged 18 (in between finishing 6th form and going to uni), I did not drive again until 6 years later - well after I started work. I wanted to save up so I could afford to buy (outright) my first car so that the only debt I'd have (luckily my college years were before the changes to who paid the fees and the level of them) was a mortgage.

Whilst obviously there was no pandemic at that time, things aren't as bad as the media say, especially for younger members of society, who are far more likely to get a mild form of the virus should they catch it.

For the time being, it's something we all have to live with and make the best of as we can, including using public transport/cycling/walking to college/work.

Best of luck.

I am going to take a break from forums. Its not healthy for me at the moment. goodbye

That's not telling me how I can get the things I want today.

Ah, now that is more revealing. Delayed gratification is something everyone should learn. I'm old enough (like many here) to have had to wait for things simply because they weren't available or the family couldn't afford them. 'Today' was a joke. Since then younger people have usually been able to just go out and buy, so delayed gratification has become a lost art.

If you'd rather not spend spare time working towards passing your driving tests, find other activities to occupy your mind. It's better than repeating this rigmarole ad nauseam - for us and probably for you.