Hello,
So.. Today I just did my exam and.. I failed. I didn't even last 3 minutes or maybe even less. As shameful as it sounds... I still couldn't get over what happened as I walked home trying to hold in tears..
So.. The story was... I got in the car, adjusted my seats, mirrors (I'm quite small, I'm just 5 feet so I had to re-do things multiple times but that was before I even moved the car out of the parking space, not sure if this is relevant but I'm just going to write it down anyway) I strapped in my seat belt, started the engine and left the parking spot, I didn't necessarily need to signal because we were going straight, not changing lane or anything, just straight, we were facing that direction. All is well up till now, then not 2 minutes had passed, my examiner asked me to do parallel parking. So I signaled, stopped the car and do the normal parking but.. This is where it went wrong, I went over the sidewalk and my examiner yelled at me and told me to get out of the car, he said if the car was on the sidewalk then I failed. I just... Failed... As I got out and circle around the car, I almost breathe a sigh of relief when I saw that the car was straight, it didn't look like it had gone over but just to be sure, I looked at the wheel and... Yeah...half of the wheel was on the sidewalk... I.. Almost fainted then, so I went back to the car and he said that I failed. Just like that, not even 5 minutes had passed. I got out of the car in silence and blamed myself the whole ride back and the whole walk home... Also questioning if what I did was that grave to end my exam then and there. There was no one passing by, only half the wheel was on it. The other learner that did the exam before me (I was the second to do the exam) almost hit a car when curving to the right, went too fast on curves, turned in the wrong direction to what was instructor, went over the other lane in a panic, almost drive to and on the sidewalk, the examiner had to maneuver the wheel for her twice, let her car go down 6 times and he still allowed her to continue until she couldn't restart the car. So... I was honestly shock, was what I did so.. Grave and life endangering? I spoke with my dad (because he's the one paying for my exam) and he said he would speak to the school about this, should I stop him? Do we even have the right to complain? It's my first attempt and it's had me very discouraged and honestly, I'm scared as hell. Just one mistake and I'm out. Was what I did undeserving of a chance? Please give me your opinions, I know that going over the sidewalk is a great offense but...could I not get a second chance?