[Gaskal]

So after two months straight of driving practice once-a-day and brimming with confidence, I go into my first attempt this morning and promptly fail.

Why? Because I was turning right on a red-just-turned-green light and didn't yield for a dog walker lady across the street. What a stupid dumb ass rookie mistake...

I always check, always. Except my eyes were on the light and my head was still stuck on "Right turn at the lights, please" from my examiner.



Despite being assured that it's not the end of the world and lots of people fail the first time, I still feel pretty depressed and despairing. Not the 'taken down a few notches' kind, the rock bottom kind.


I mean I practiced like every day (even weekends) learning to handle a terrible-handling minivan to the point where it was like an extension of my body, I was so sure I'd pass the 1st time. Is this normal, feeling like utter failure? How many times did everyone take to pass?