The other day, I was teaching a teenager who has just gotten her driver’s license how to drive a manual transmission. I’ve never taught anyone to drive before, so I found it quite challenging to break the necessary skills down into a series of steps a newbie could follow.
“Put in the clutch, start the car, put the car in gear, release the parking brake, give it a little gas and let out the clutch at the same time.”
“Where’s the clutch?” she asked.
Oops. My instructions weren’t basic enough.
I lea...
Published on July 24, 2013 23:00