I am a driving instructor. Sometimes I love it, sometimes I hate it. I get to meet people from all walks of life. Male, female, rich, poor, young, old, interesting, boring, disabled, black, white, yellow, brown.......the lot.
I ask lots of questions and gain lots of interesting facts from many varied cultures. This part I like. Pupils tell me things they don't even tell their friends. People confide in you and sometimes I feel more of a therapist than an instructor. I gain lots of close friendships with pupils. I miss them when they pass their test.
When they pass it's a nice feeling that you have helped someone gain an important life skill and for some people allowed them to get a job they would not have been able to get without a license.
What I don't like is having to work 7 days a week with my diary open up to 13 hours a day. I need to do this to try and attract as much business as possible during these tough times. My life outside of work has gone. This I hate. I work twice as hard as a few years ago and earn half the amount. I desperately want another job but it's hard to find something else with my qualifications. And if I leave my job I can not go back to it unless I keep being retested every 2 years.
It used to be fantastic but not so much now it's hard to find enough money to pay the bills.
