I gave myself a couple of months before I posted in order to collect my thoughts about this place. I do not like to slam small businesses, but I truly feel that I have a duty to inform other parents ... Read More
I gave myself a couple of months before I posted in order to collect my thoughts about this place. I do not like to slam small businesses, but I truly feel that I have a duty to inform other parents about the choice they are making.
First of all, they are terribly disorganized. Between my husband and I, we left 4 messages during my son's time there only to be called back exactly ZERO times. They lost my son's paperwork twice. When asking the office staff questions, they are never able to answer.
Second, they will tell your child to do the opposite of what the state wants them to do. My son failed the written test the first time he took it. Okay. Sometimes that happens, but when you investigate why, you will find out that they are told not to study. I sat in on a classroom time. While the kids were watching the state videos that teach them what the state will test them on, the instructor paused the movie to tell them "at Jungle, we don't do it this way. Don't do it this way". I was gobsmacked! And you wonder why so many kids are failing the first written exam?? For the second written exam, we studied from the state guide, and my son passed the exam with flying colors.
The third reason I would never recommend this place is personal, and if this was the only issue I had, I would have let it slide. The owner feels the need to scare the kids within an inch of their life about how serious driving is. Well, it is serious. I can appreciate that some kids need to hear this. My oldest son needed to. But if your kid is a highly anxious individual, as my younger son is, this is absolutely not the driving school for you. He is still terrified that he will make the same mistake he did on his very first drive. He is terrified that we will die every time he drives. He absolutely hates it, and I have to FORCE him to get behind the wheel. So thanks for that, Jungle. Furthermore, I walked behind the owner making fun of my son's anxieties to another driving instructor.
Needless to say, we will not be heading back to this school for segment two, and I'm truly sorry to leave such a negative review.Read Less