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thesciencegirl
11/06/09

In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
My first thought is: Does she have a literacy issue? #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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yinyang
11/06/09

In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
This makes me feel better about taking 3 tries to pass my road test when I was 16. But seriously, go her! I wish I had that kind of persistence! #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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morninggloria
11/06/09

In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
A woman, an old person, and an Asian, all rolled into one person who took forever to pass a driving test?

Assholes are going to have a field day with this one. #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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bluetrain84
11/06/09

@morninggloria: I know, I saw the title alone and thought, uh oh... #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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hello.kitty
11/06/09

@morninggloria: Like my 17 year old son. He barks out all sorts of epithets when he's driving. Ugh. #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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lilyHaze
11/06/09

In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
To be fair, the driver's license exams are extremely difficult in South Korea. The written exam has 100 or so questions and you have to get most of them right in order to pass. The practical (driving) exam is also difficult and definitely requires more than the average US exam. At least that's what my parents (who immigrated a long time ago) and friends have said.

It depends on the state, but I think US exams should more more difficult as a whole.
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
11/06/09

@lilyHaze: You have to get 60/100 right according to the article. Still, I would think that after the first 500 or so tries you'd take a week off and really cram for the test. #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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boxspelunker
11/06/09

In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
I wonder what the problem is - does she have trouble reading the questions? Does she not know the vocabulary used? Are the issuing a new test every time that has questions made of nonsense? It seems like after you've seen the test a certain number of times, you can remember the answers. Maybe they never told her which ones were right and which were wrong?

I want to be happy for her, but I have so many questions! #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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linnyt is a walking cliché
11/06/09

@boxspelunker: I know! I was wondering if she has a learning disability or gets severe test-taking anxiety. #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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siboney
11/06/09

@boxspelunker: The driving test is really hard in South Korea, much more than the ones in the U.S. #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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boxspelunker
11/06/09

@siboney: Is this in any way normal, though? Do most people need to take it hundreds of times? It's the sheer number that really blows me away. But hey! She never gave up, so that is a good thing.

@linnyt is a walking cliche: Test-taking anxiety would really do that to a person, I suppose! #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
11/06/09

In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
The law of averages says she should have passed before now just on guesswork alone. #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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cinematheques
11/06/09

In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
just like Spongebob.... #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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Ailatan
11/06/09

In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
one of her names is "soon"?
the irony #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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FurrierAndIves
11/06/09

@Ailatan: Heh! Not soon enough! #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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mbprice
11/06/09

In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
You know, something about this seems fishy. So, she's been applying since 2005? That's ~4 years, so 208 weeks. 950 tries/208 weeks = 4.6 tries per week. So she's more or less been taking this stupid written exam every single weekday (or so) for four years? I'm sorry, just don't buy it. #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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mbprice
11/06/09

@mbprice: Ah. And it says right in the article "nearly-daily attempts." That'll teach me to rtfa. Oops.

Still, wtf? #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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cate3710
11/06/09

@mbprice: Maybe it become part of her routine. You know, wake up, shower, eat breakfast, brush your teeth, take your driver's test, go to work... #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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NellMood
11/06/09

@mbprice: Yeah, I have a lot of questions. Is the test impossibly hard? Is she able to read? #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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mama_t
11/06/09

In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
Okay, no.

Sincerely, Insurance Companies of South Korea. All of them. #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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Mary McCarthyite
11/06/09

@mama_t: Exactly. I would not want to share the road with her. Nobody is safe!
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artyfarty
11/06/09

@Mary McCarthyite: I've been on the road in Seoul and it was the most insane and intense experience. No one really cares that there are a million cars and people all trying to squeeze into the same traffic lane, they just all go at once. I was fearing for my life with every taxi ride. #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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Lymed
11/06/09

@Mary McCarthyite: Maybe it is a literacy issue. She may read enough to be able to read street signs, but not enough to take the written exam. #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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Mary McCarthyite
11/06/09

@Lymed: Good point, and I hope you are right, especially after reading about @artyfarty's experience! #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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Mary McCarthyite
11/06/09

@artyfarty: I don't want to go to there (at least, not on the roads!) #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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PaigeTurner
11/06/09

In reply to 950th Time's The Charm
if at first you don't succeed, try 950 more times or take the bus. #womanpassesdriversteston950tht...
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par3
03/13/09

In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
• A new survey suggests that fathers are better at giving driving lessons than mothers, who tend to panic, while dads just swear.

my mom actually, to this day, pumps the brake with me in chicago traffic...on the passenger side (i'm closer to 30 than 16).
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The Queen of No
03/12/09

In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
An awesome man who was also Morgan Freeman's doppelganger taught me how to drive. He put me on the freeway my first day out and he would tell me bizarre stories about the mail-order brides he had to teach to drive quite often. He left a true lasting impression because I was terrified of learning to drive and he taught me that it ain't no thang.
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
03/12/09

In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
My dad taught me how to drive in a 1965 Chevy pickup that had the shift on the column instead of the floor. That sucker was built like a tank. We lived in the country and he had me drive to my grandparent's house and back down the lane through the fields before I was allowed to use the road. I was 12 - phone service was iffy on our party line and my parents decided I needed to know how to drive in case of an emergency.

They were pretty wise about this and my dad was pretty calm, but the lane was a bad idea. The hill on that sucker was a real bitch and that was where he taught me how to use the clutch....
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That_little_attention_whore
03/12/09

In reply to Peanuts Parents Secret Revealed • Ann Coulter's Book Sales Slump
the plunger: the tool of choice for broke-ass band geeks who don't want to spring for a wah-wah mute.

sidenote: plunger/wah-wah mute on the trumpet gives "the stripper" extra sleazy goodness
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
03/12/09

@That_little_attention_whore: The wah-wah mute is basically a plunger, isn't it? They've always looked like one to me.

The brass players I knew in music school used to buy a couple of different brands of plungers and removed the handles, then would find the one they liked the best. The cost was still less than one of the 'real' mutes.
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