Montessori Drivers’ Ed School Encourages Students To Find Their Own Rules Of The Road
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WHITE RIVER JCT— A new Drivers’ Education program is embracing the Montessori philosophy of allowing child-led learning, believing that students should explore the road of life at their own pace, with freedom and self-direction.
The Montessori Drivers’ Ed School hopes to inspire a new generation of free-spirited, open-minded drivers that won’t be restricted by society’s ideas of successful driving.
Eager to embark on a journey of self-discovery behind the wheel, many local students upon turning 16 years of age have opted out of traditional drivers educational programs due to the rigorously restrictive approach to learning the rules of the road.
The students, once accustomed to self-directed learning, began debating the necessity of stop signs and speed limits. Some argued for a more “organic” approach to traffic flow, while others advocated for a partial or complete abandonment of the conventional rules.
Driving Traditionalists are worried about the chaos that might ensue if a generation of young drivers hit the roads without a common understanding of core traffic laws and a standardized exam.
Driver’s Exam proctors riding in the car have decried the decision as “holy shit, please slow down, you can’t just drive in any goddamn lane you want, we have rules for a reason.”
“Please don’t do this,” said the United States Department of Education and the National Transportation Safety Board.
Meanwhile, supporters say it is fostering independent thinking and creativity behind the wheel.
As of press time, there had been 37 collisions, countless near-misses, and at least two students electing to drive west into the setting sun in search of something that they can’t possibly hope to learn in the pages of a Driver’s Manual.
That's sweet. Makes me wish I could have boosted my parents' 1970s Mercury as a toddler and rescued that gorilla from the zoo. But cars in those days had those "Must be this tall in order to simultaneously reach the foot pedals and see over the dashboard" deterrents to toddler driving, so that foiled me. Anyway, I learned to escape from the boring prison of my daycare provider's backyard so I guess that was as much adventure as I was permitted. Glad to hear today's toddlers have a bit more freedom from the helicopter parents of yesteryear.