DE was taught as part of the PE class in our school. Didn't cost anything and you had classroom and hands on training. Lasted 6 weeks. Most of us farm kids had been driving around for a while and the instructor knew me pretty good. When it came my turn to drive, 3 students and the instructor took off to the nearest town with parallel parking. First student drove the 15 milea to the town and parallel parked. My turn next, drove around the block and parallel parked. Last student drove around the block, parallel parked, and drove the 15 miles back to school. When we got out of the car, the instructor called me over and told me I didn't get to drive because I had already been doing it for 2-3 years, without a license. Had to wait 4 months until I turned 15 to get my license.
