12 Reviews

Anderson's Statewide Driving School

Framingham, Massachusetts
Reviews
Caroline Stacey
26 Feb 2018
REPORT
Anderson's driving school prepared me very well for driving on the roads. I had Rich for most of my driving lessons and I really owe it all to him. Sometimes he could be a tad harsh, but it is only be... Read More
Anderson's driving school prepared me very well for driving on the roads. I had Rich for most of my driving lessons and I really owe it all to him. Sometimes he could be a tad harsh, but it is only because he sees the potential in his students and aims to push them to their best ability. Because of him and the way he prepared me, I was way more comfortable during my license test than I thought I would be. He always takes you on the practice routes and thoroughly readies you for your test. The best feeling was getting my license, going back into Anderson's, looking Rich in the eye, giving him a fist bump and saying, "I did it, thank you for everything", and him telling me that he knew I would pass and that he believed in me. Rich is a great instructor and led me to be the driver I am today. I highly recommend him and Anderson's Driving School. Read Less
Angie Idzal
19 Feb 2018
REPORT
I started my first lesson as a really nervous and shaky driver. I ended my last lesson as a confident and decisive driver who felt a lot more comfortable behind the wheel. I had Lima for most of my le... Read More
I started my first lesson as a really nervous and shaky driver. I ended my last lesson as a confident and decisive driver who felt a lot more comfortable behind the wheel. I had Lima for most of my lessons. He taught me a lot and was really helpful. He also wasn’t intimidating and didn’t ridicule me if I made a mistake. Instead, he told me what I did wrong and how I could fix it/avoid it in the future. I definitely recommend taking lessons at Anderson’s. Read Less
Monica Eisenberg
23 Jan 2018
REPORT
I was a really nervous driver at first and it’s safe to say that I am extremely confident with my skills behind the wheel. I took almost all my lessons with Rich. He’s very informative, organized, and... Read More
I was a really nervous driver at first and it’s safe to say that I am extremely confident with my skills behind the wheel. I took almost all my lessons with Rich. He’s very informative, organized, and writes down acronyms on your drivers sheet that has and will continue helping me remember important things while driving on the road. Rich cares about all his students, and the fact that he’s tone deaf can be perceived way out of proportion, he really is a phenomenal teacher and is passionate about what he does. I learned so much, and I am really happy with my driving!! Read Less
Anthony Callahan
20 Jan 2018
REPORT
I had a great experience with Anderson. They told me and taught me everything I needed to know in order to pass the road test and get my license. I had two great driving instructors. For my first 2 cl... Read More
I had a great experience with Anderson. They told me and taught me everything I needed to know in order to pass the road test and get my license. I had two great driving instructors. For my first 2 classes I had Lima, who was really calm and great at explaining new concepts to me. For the next 10 classes I had Rich and even though he can be “loud” I’m greatful that I had him because I’m definitely going to be the best driver I can be due to his teaching. Read Less
Erik Emerölduson
1 Dec 2017
REPORT
Don't even get me started on Rich. Rich is a coffee bellied fatso of an instructor that doesn't know how to teach. He knows how to drive, I'll say that, but he doesn't know how to make people comforta... Read More
Don't even get me started on Rich. Rich is a coffee bellied fatso of an instructor that doesn't know how to teach. He knows how to drive, I'll say that, but he doesn't know how to make people comfortable either when in the car watching other drivers to learn from their mistakes or when behind the wheel. He's also racist; I can recall a comment he made about Indians and (paraphrasing) their "lack" of ability to drive since their country doesn't have laws about the road or developed roads. He's also very rude, making discriminate comments to the learning driver to make them feel bad about themselves. Hey, this is the 21st century; telling bad comments to someone to make the listener prove themselves doesn't work anymore. Several times, I can recall him grabbing the wheel when we weren't in danger, stopping suddenly because I didn't look "enough" (3 seconds isn't "enough?"), and yelling at an increasing volume until my ears hurt at me to do something that was required WHILE I was doing it. He's also insensitive to the fact that not everyone has the same circumstances of driving. At the time that I had lessons, my parents were both working from the morning until around 3, and I could only drive their car to get to swim practice through the highway. This means that I was adept at driving in the highway, but not so much in the suburbs. Despite me telling him that, he said that I "needed to make more time." But when do I have another car readily available to practice? By the time of my last lesson, I threw a fit: I was driving at 25 mph, but he kept on telling me to increase the speed to around 30 mph. I got angry by the fact that he kept on telling me this, so I floored the pedal. Of course, he got mad and pressed the break on his own side, and told me not to speed like a maniac. I shrieked at him telling him to not tell me do change what I'm doing if I'm not doing anything illegal. This shocked the boy who was one year younger than me that was watching me drive. Word enough don't express how much I hate this school and that fact that this Kremlin works here. This is a horrible school. Don't attend it. You're better off teaching your own child how to drive. I wish there was a "zero-star" opinion. Read Less
Worst Place
5 Aug 2017
REPORT
I am generally disgusted about the lack of respect and sense of teaching Rich had. He is a terrible driving instructor and I sincerely hope the owner of this place rethinks the employment of this guy.... Read More
I am generally disgusted about the lack of respect and sense of teaching Rich had. He is a terrible driving instructor and I sincerely hope the owner of this place rethinks the employment of this guy. For a beginner driver, I expect to be carefully taken through everything and get help when needed, but instead, Rich thinks its a good idea to take the wheel whenever, and "Do it [himself]" without elucidating on what he is doing. I get he is a driving instructor, but the whole point is to instruct the driving student on what to do, not take control and do it yourself. He is a truly miserable, disgusting, human being. I can only imagine how bad his son, Seth is at being a teacher. Reading the other reviews, I totally understand now what they were warning me about; Rich is 100% without a doubt a misogynist, racist, etc and I can sincerely say with all of my heart, that I hope he gets fired. Read Less
Alec Condry
10 Jul 2017
REPORT
Whatever you do don't take lessons at Andersons. The instructor I had was single-handedly the worst teacher I've ever had. He was conceited, arrogant, impatient and an all around bad person. He consta... Read More
Whatever you do don't take lessons at Andersons. The instructor I had was single-handedly the worst teacher I've ever had. He was conceited, arrogant, impatient and an all around bad person. He constantly berated me for the smallest errors throughout my time learning from my first lesson to the last. Finally on the day of my test during the review before he yelled at me and told me how I was going to fail giving me absolutely zero encouragement. Avoid this place as much as possible. Read Less
Eric Chang
30 Jun 2017
REPORT
A man named Richard works here. Whatever you do, PLEASE DO NOT BOOK DRIVING LESSONS WITH THIS POOR EXCUSE OF A TEACHER. No temper, no patience, no holding back, no awareness of human's habits, and wil... Read More
A man named Richard works here. Whatever you do, PLEASE DO NOT BOOK DRIVING LESSONS WITH THIS POOR EXCUSE OF A TEACHER. No temper, no patience, no holding back, no awareness of human's habits, and will never shut up. At least driving examiners will keep quiet during your driving test. Richards doesn't know how to teach people besides taking forces and doing all the talking. Not only racist made a few racist comments about Indians and their "so-called" lack of ability to drive), but he's also a misogynist. Even with this fact, he must think that everyone is below him when it comes to driving a car. Let me tell you that not everyone is going to be driving in the back road all the time. "Me, making you nervous, is not an excuse." Well, then, if you know you're intimidating people, then you shouldn't be alive, then. I think a man named "Connor(?)" has patience when teaching. Read Less
sara trainer
23 Apr 2017
REPORT
everyone there is rude and obnoxious. They have a couple of very mean and god awful instructors especially seth, some of the rest of the instructors are also mean( bill rich) but there are some nice o... Read More
everyone there is rude and obnoxious. They have a couple of very mean and god awful instructors especially seth, some of the rest of the instructors are also mean( bill rich) but there are some nice ones.I paid good money for those lessons and the lessons before the test and got nothing out of them. They don't prepare you at all for the licence test or permit test and Mr.anderson is an awful teacher who is self righteous. I WILL NEVER GO THERE AGAIN, if i could give this place 0 stars i would do not go! Read Less
Viki Held
1 Mar 2017
REPORT
The instructor Richard tried his best, but he teaches by yelling on you, this is what he knows. Really unappropriate manner to teach.
Luciana R.
26 Jun 2016
REPORT
I passed my road test today! Thank you Anderson's Driving School and specially thanks to Richard, who is a great instructor. This driving school will give you all the training and tips you need to suc... Read More
I passed my road test today! Thank you Anderson's Driving School and specially thanks to Richard, who is a great instructor. This driving school will give you all the training and tips you need to successfully pass the exam. They have a  very high rate of students passing the test and they honestly won't let you take the exam until you are ready. Thank you again! Read Less
Eric L.
7 Jan 2016
REPORT
Very nice secretary. She takes time to explain everything. She does not rush you off the phone. I feel very satisfied with the level of service my son and I received.
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Anderson's Statewide Driving School

Framingham, Massachusetts
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61 Nicholas Road
Framingham Massachusetts 1701
Monday
09:00AM-18:00PM
Tuesday
09:00AM-18:00PM
Wednesday
09:00AM-18:00PM
Thursday
09:00AM-18:00PM
Friday
09:00AM-17:00PM
Caroline Stacey
26 Feb 2018
REPORT
Anderson's driving school prepared me very well for driving on the roads. I had Rich for most of my driving lessons and I really owe it all to him. Sometimes he could be a tad harsh, but it is only be... Read More
Anderson's driving school prepared me very well for driving on the roads. I had Rich for most of my driving lessons and I really owe it all to him. Sometimes he could be a tad harsh, but it is only because he sees the potential in his students and aims to push them to their best ability. Because of him and the way he prepared me, I was way more comfortable during my license test than I thought I would be. He always takes you on the practice routes and thoroughly readies you for your test. The best feeling was getting my license, going back into Anderson's, looking Rich in the eye, giving him a fist bump and saying, "I did it, thank you for everything", and him telling me that he knew I would pass and that he believed in me. Rich is a great instructor and led me to be the driver I am today. I highly recommend him and Anderson's Driving School. Read Less
Angie Idzal
19 Feb 2018
REPORT
I started my first lesson as a really nervous and shaky driver. I ended my last lesson as a confident and decisive driver who felt a lot more comfortable behind the wheel. I had Lima for most of my le... Read More
I started my first lesson as a really nervous and shaky driver. I ended my last lesson as a confident and decisive driver who felt a lot more comfortable behind the wheel. I had Lima for most of my lessons. He taught me a lot and was really helpful. He also wasn’t intimidating and didn’t ridicule me if I made a mistake. Instead, he told me what I did wrong and how I could fix it/avoid it in the future. I definitely recommend taking lessons at Anderson’s. Read Less
Monica Eisenberg
23 Jan 2018
REPORT
I was a really nervous driver at first and it’s safe to say that I am extremely confident with my skills behind the wheel. I took almost all my lessons with Rich. He’s very informative, organized, and... Read More
I was a really nervous driver at first and it’s safe to say that I am extremely confident with my skills behind the wheel. I took almost all my lessons with Rich. He’s very informative, organized, and writes down acronyms on your drivers sheet that has and will continue helping me remember important things while driving on the road. Rich cares about all his students, and the fact that he’s tone deaf can be perceived way out of proportion, he really is a phenomenal teacher and is passionate about what he does. I learned so much, and I am really happy with my driving!! Read Less
Anthony Callahan
20 Jan 2018
REPORT
I had a great experience with Anderson. They told me and taught me everything I needed to know in order to pass the road test and get my license. I had two great driving instructors. For my first 2 cl... Read More
I had a great experience with Anderson. They told me and taught me everything I needed to know in order to pass the road test and get my license. I had two great driving instructors. For my first 2 classes I had Lima, who was really calm and great at explaining new concepts to me. For the next 10 classes I had Rich and even though he can be “loud” I’m greatful that I had him because I’m definitely going to be the best driver I can be due to his teaching. Read Less
Erik Emerölduson
1 Dec 2017
REPORT
Don't even get me started on Rich. Rich is a coffee bellied fatso of an instructor that doesn't know how to teach. He knows how to drive, I'll say that, but he doesn't know how to make people comforta... Read More
Don't even get me started on Rich. Rich is a coffee bellied fatso of an instructor that doesn't know how to teach. He knows how to drive, I'll say that, but he doesn't know how to make people comfortable either when in the car watching other drivers to learn from their mistakes or when behind the wheel. He's also racist; I can recall a comment he made about Indians and (paraphrasing) their "lack" of ability to drive since their country doesn't have laws about the road or developed roads. He's also very rude, making discriminate comments to the learning driver to make them feel bad about themselves. Hey, this is the 21st century; telling bad comments to someone to make the listener prove themselves doesn't work anymore. Several times, I can recall him grabbing the wheel when we weren't in danger, stopping suddenly because I didn't look "enough" (3 seconds isn't "enough?"), and yelling at an increasing volume until my ears hurt at me to do something that was required WHILE I was doing it. He's also insensitive to the fact that not everyone has the same circumstances of driving. At the time that I had lessons, my parents were both working from the morning until around 3, and I could only drive their car to get to swim practice through the highway. This means that I was adept at driving in the highway, but not so much in the suburbs. Despite me telling him that, he said that I "needed to make more time." But when do I have another car readily available to practice? By the time of my last lesson, I threw a fit: I was driving at 25 mph, but he kept on telling me to increase the speed to around 30 mph. I got angry by the fact that he kept on telling me this, so I floored the pedal. Of course, he got mad and pressed the break on his own side, and told me not to speed like a maniac. I shrieked at him telling him to not tell me do change what I'm doing if I'm not doing anything illegal. This shocked the boy who was one year younger than me that was watching me drive. Word enough don't express how much I hate this school and that fact that this Kremlin works here. This is a horrible school. Don't attend it. You're better off teaching your own child how to drive. I wish there was a "zero-star" opinion. Read Less
Worst Place
5 Aug 2017
REPORT
I am generally disgusted about the lack of respect and sense of teaching Rich had. He is a terrible driving instructor and I sincerely hope the owner of this place rethinks the employment of this guy.... Read More
I am generally disgusted about the lack of respect and sense of teaching Rich had. He is a terrible driving instructor and I sincerely hope the owner of this place rethinks the employment of this guy. For a beginner driver, I expect to be carefully taken through everything and get help when needed, but instead, Rich thinks its a good idea to take the wheel whenever, and "Do it [himself]" without elucidating on what he is doing. I get he is a driving instructor, but the whole point is to instruct the driving student on what to do, not take control and do it yourself. He is a truly miserable, disgusting, human being. I can only imagine how bad his son, Seth is at being a teacher. Reading the other reviews, I totally understand now what they were warning me about; Rich is 100% without a doubt a misogynist, racist, etc and I can sincerely say with all of my heart, that I hope he gets fired. Read Less
Alec Condry
10 Jul 2017
REPORT
Whatever you do don't take lessons at Andersons. The instructor I had was single-handedly the worst teacher I've ever had. He was conceited, arrogant, impatient and an all around bad person. He consta... Read More
Whatever you do don't take lessons at Andersons. The instructor I had was single-handedly the worst teacher I've ever had. He was conceited, arrogant, impatient and an all around bad person. He constantly berated me for the smallest errors throughout my time learning from my first lesson to the last. Finally on the day of my test during the review before he yelled at me and told me how I was going to fail giving me absolutely zero encouragement. Avoid this place as much as possible. Read Less
Eric Chang
30 Jun 2017
REPORT
A man named Richard works here. Whatever you do, PLEASE DO NOT BOOK DRIVING LESSONS WITH THIS POOR EXCUSE OF A TEACHER. No temper, no patience, no holding back, no awareness of human's habits, and wil... Read More
A man named Richard works here. Whatever you do, PLEASE DO NOT BOOK DRIVING LESSONS WITH THIS POOR EXCUSE OF A TEACHER. No temper, no patience, no holding back, no awareness of human's habits, and will never shut up. At least driving examiners will keep quiet during your driving test. Richards doesn't know how to teach people besides taking forces and doing all the talking. Not only racist made a few racist comments about Indians and their "so-called" lack of ability to drive), but he's also a misogynist. Even with this fact, he must think that everyone is below him when it comes to driving a car. Let me tell you that not everyone is going to be driving in the back road all the time. "Me, making you nervous, is not an excuse." Well, then, if you know you're intimidating people, then you shouldn't be alive, then. I think a man named "Connor(?)" has patience when teaching. Read Less
sara trainer
23 Apr 2017
REPORT
everyone there is rude and obnoxious. They have a couple of very mean and god awful instructors especially seth, some of the rest of the instructors are also mean( bill rich) but there are some nice o... Read More
everyone there is rude and obnoxious. They have a couple of very mean and god awful instructors especially seth, some of the rest of the instructors are also mean( bill rich) but there are some nice ones.I paid good money for those lessons and the lessons before the test and got nothing out of them. They don't prepare you at all for the licence test or permit test and Mr.anderson is an awful teacher who is self righteous. I WILL NEVER GO THERE AGAIN, if i could give this place 0 stars i would do not go! Read Less
Viki Held
1 Mar 2017
REPORT
The instructor Richard tried his best, but he teaches by yelling on you, this is what he knows. Really unappropriate manner to teach.
Luciana R.
26 Jun 2016
REPORT
I passed my road test today! Thank you Anderson's Driving School and specially thanks to Richard, who is a great instructor. This driving school will give you all the training and tips you need to suc... Read More
I passed my road test today! Thank you Anderson's Driving School and specially thanks to Richard, who is a great instructor. This driving school will give you all the training and tips you need to successfully pass the exam. They have a  very high rate of students passing the test and they honestly won't let you take the exam until you are ready. Thank you again! Read Less
Eric L.
7 Jan 2016
REPORT
Very nice secretary. She takes time to explain everything. She does not rush you off the phone. I feel very satisfied with the level of service my son and I received.
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