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Date: 30 June 2007 13:14:27
I'm still on cloud 9, but gradually returning to reality. On Thursday, after the test, I was completely knackered but at the same time totally hyperactive. I just couldn't keep still for more than about 30 seconds!
I was back at work yesterday. I couldn't really say anything to my pupils about all this - I don't think they'd appreciate finding out that up until now they'd been taught by a "trainee".
Of course, along with everything else, I feel an enormous sense of relief that it's all over and I won't have to do it again. It's quite a weird feeling really as this is the first time in over 3 years that I haven't been preparing for some form of ADI qualifying exam. Even when I was in the "in between" phase after failing last time and waiting for the time to elapse before I could start again, I continued reading the books and going over in my mind what would be expected of me on a test.
Now that I'm qualified, along with all other ADIs, I'll need to attend a "check test" every couple of years, and I'm told that my first one will be sometime between 3 and 12 months from getting my licence. This is the test of continued ability, but unlike the Part 3 test, this happens in the real world where an examiner sits in the back of the car observing a real lesson with a real pupil.
It still hasn't sunk in properly. Yesterday I filled in the application form for entry to the register and to get my licence, so that seemed real, especially as I have to fork out £200 for it. Now, that brought me back down to earth, but I reckon it won't sink in properly until I've finally got my much sought after Green Badge firmly stuck in my windscreen.