I mentioned in a previous post how a run of 14 passes last summer can suddenly turn upside down – particularly if a pupil who turns into a ‘serial failer’ through nerves takes their test several times in fairly rapid succession. It feels so much the worse when pupils who you’d have as dead certs to pass lose it on the day and make mistakes (a couple of weeks ago a pupil who never stalls – and hasn’t stalled since – decided to do it repeatedly on her test).
Anyway, it feels like I’m back in the groove again – well done to JH, who passed this afternoon with just 2 driver faults. I taught him from scratch (they’re the most satisfying), and he is one of several pupils who’ve had their tests cancelled more than once during the snow. So I’m now on a 50% pass rate for 2010!