By: Vibha Sastry
If you’ve watched any coming of age 90s movie, you know that driver’s ed used to be an essential part of the American high school experience. Driver’s ed does not exist in California high schools anymore. It was eliminated in all California high schools in the early 2000s because of lack of funding and students were losing interest in it. Nowadays, students who want to get their license before the age of 18 take driving lessons from a driving school. These lessons are very costly, so only a limited amount of students can take them. Driver’s ed should be restored as an optional course so that more students can have access to driving lessons.Driver’s ed should be added to the school curriculum as an optional 0-period class so that students that want to learn how to drive can take the course. Having driver’s ed available as a free school course will give more students the opportunity to get their licenses. The course would also be helpful for students whose parents do not have time to teach them how to drive.Restoring driver’s ed would also assure safer roads in the long run, since more students will be properly trained drivers.Driving is a right of passage that every teen should be given the opportunity to learn.Driver’s ed should be brought back to MHS to allow students to get free, legitimate driving lessons.