Name: Going To Driving School in Japan! (Getting A Japanese Driver's License!)
Uploaded: 2019-12-23T02:06:00.000Z
Duration: 9 min 14 s
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To-infinitive

Modal verbs - A2

It's a big commitment, but it can grant you the freedom

to explore your surroundings beyond the limits

I think I'm finally ready to challenge myself

and get my driver's license here in Japan.

It's Micaela, and today's a really big day for me.

I've been looking forward to this for a really long time.

I've never driven a car in my life, even in Canada.

I came over here when I was 17, so I never had a chance

to get my license in Canada, and after years

of making excuses and being kind of afraid

of the commitment of driving, I think I'm finally ready

it can take up to a year or so, or maybe more,

to a full driver's license, but in Japan,

if you go to driving school and you take the proper classes,

and you graduate the school and then you go on

to take the test, you can get your driver's license

as quickly as within a month, or a month and a half.

So, I'm gonna take this opportunity to learn how to drive,

and then I can get my license when I go to Canada too.

All right, it's time to register, let's go.

Everybody here looks way younger than me.

So, it's registration day, and I'm just waiting

to be called so I can do my registration.

To register you need to bring your ”Jumin-Hyo" (residence certificate)

which is a piece of paper you can get from city hall

that has your address and your status of residence,

and all that important information on it.

And then, also bring your passport or photo ID.

I think your jumin-card (I meant "zairyu card" here DONT @ me.)

I'm really excited to get started, though.

First thing you do, after you register is

get your photo taken and take a eye test.

- Driving school is split into two parts,

In the first level, I'll need to attend 10 hours of classes

and pass a written test before I can take

After I pass that, I'll need to take another 16 hours

of classes before I can take the final exam.

Luckily, if you're still studying Japanese,

they do have English and Chinese textbooks,

and you can choose to take the written tests

One of the mandatory lessons is a three hour

you can probably tell because my lipstick is super smudged,

but we used these dolls, these dolls are called Jammy.

so my lipstick is super smudged because we just did

They have us doing the 30 chest compressions

and the breathing over and over and over again.

In Fukuoka prefecture apparently it takes an average

of six minutes for an ambulance, six and a half minutes,

for an ambulance to arrive, so it's important

to practice CPR and make sure that you're tough enough,

that you can keep it up for six and a half minutes

until help comes because that can make a huge difference.

I just got the results for my aptitude test,

and I'm pretty sure that they don't do this

in Canada, at least, I don't know if they do this

anywhere else, but I wanted to talk about it

It gives you a ranking based on your concentration skills,

your decision-making skills, your flexibility,

how safe you are with your answers and your thoughts.

If you read it here, it says that my moods change

very quickly, and I can have lots of confidence,

but when I have confidence I usually make mistakes.

I have to be careful not to lose my mental balance

or else I can cause trouble because I'll be too stuck

It asks a bunch of really obscure questions

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Going To Driving School in Japan! (Getting A Japanese Driver's License!)

intense

commitment

mental

accurate