I put in a lot of preparation to make sure I passed the exam on the first try. I studied for three weeks day and night and created flash cards to help me memorize the rules. When the day came to take the written exam I isolated myself in a room with a piece of paper and a pencil, this didn't help my level of anxiety I had before arriving at the DMV. But by some miracle I had passed the test. Getting my driving license took me one step closer to freedom, but it wasn't over yet. Now that I had the permit, I had to learn how to actually drive a car. I had a little over four months to perfect my driving skills and learn the interior/exterior of a 2003 Toyota Corolla. Over the course of that time, I put in hundreds of excruciating hours learning to drive and locating the interior buttons. I practiced turning left and right correctly, as well as accelerating and braking smoothly on public roads. Many have told me that having a car isn't just about driving it, it's also about knowing how to keep it clean and knowing how to make sure every aspect of the car works well. The difficult part of learning to drive was memorizing all the rules, such as what the lines and traffic signs meant. Every day spent practicing was one day closer to turning eighteen. On my birthday I made an appointment at the DMV to take the "Behind the wheel" test. The fear of failing the driving test made me less than thrilled when that day arrived. When I arrived at the DMV, I was told to park my car in a driveway near the building. While waiting for my instructor to get into the car, I was sweating like a bullet but, despite the twenty nerve-racking minutes that the journey lasted,