My Embarrassing Experience

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My Embarrassing Experience Lashiya Thomas English 111, English Composition I Instructor: Liz Meador January 28, 2013 It was a warm, and gloomy July day and I was about to take driving lessons. My brother was my coach and he thought that day was perfect to try. My face turned red and my eyes grew big, I was excited. Ready to go I went and jumped in the car. As I started the ignition I got nervous. Not knowing how to turn the wheel I turned it too much and made a boo-boo. I had turned the wheel too far and pressed the gas to hard. The car jerked and in a scare I slammed on the breaks. When I got nervous I knew something would go wrong. Embarrassed I was, I held my head down in shame. When I did a 180 in the middle of the street, I knew everyone would be laughing at me. I then looked around to see what I had a good feeling about was so. Everyone that was in the area was indeed laughing their hearts out. I was so embarrassed that I switched seats with my brother and left with him. When I was leaving all that I could think about was what everybody was saying about what I had done. Wow, I never knew your feelings could be so easily hurt by people laughing at you. All that day, my mind stayed on the big, embarrassing mistake that I had made. Since it was my first try I thought to myself that I could try it again and do it right. Later in the week I called my brother and begged him to let me get one more try. He said “he would” and all I could do is smile. Still nervous, I woke up the next Saturday and it was pretty outside. I knew then it would be the right time to give the driving lesson another try. My brother came to get me and here I went. He did a good job coaching me this time I guess because I listened really well this time. I started the car in an attempt to try this the second time. It went a lot smoother than I thought it would, I guess because I wasn’t
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