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by A-mao
看著女兒兩年的駕照learning permission快到期了,上個周末才匆匆帶女兒去路試。考慮到本市考點人多,考試也嚴格一些,特別帶女兒去20英裏之外的一個考點。誰想到還是沒過。正好這個禮拜是女兒的spring break, 老爸於是在有空的傍晚帶女兒去練習了幾次。於是,這個周末又帶女兒去考試。
今天換了位一臉慈祥的老太太。笑眯眯的臉,讓人一看就知道沒問題。老爸等了十五分鍾,女兒就回來了,衝老爸直樂。和靄的老太太進來,把女兒叫過去,問女兒的名字怎麽念,給女兒拍照。等了兩分鍾,駕照就出來了:“Happy Holiday! Here is your first driver licence.”
“Perfect 17th birthday gift, huh.” 老爸對女兒說。
“Yea, I finally got it!”女兒有點興奮了。
“Just like me, you have to work twice to get what you want--I had to try twice to get into college, to get into a graduate program, and of course, to get my driver licence. Everything can be inherited from dad.”老爸開女兒的玩笑。
女兒不是那種抓著方向盤就激動的人。兩年前拿到learning permission, 去駕駛學校學了7-8堂課。平常老爸沒空,一個禮拜也難得練習一次。她的好多同學前前後後都拿到了駕駛執照,她也沒有特別的激動。學校有什麽活動,不是老爸送,就是搭同學的車。老爸也不想催她,也希望她大點再拿執照。要不是這learning permission快到期,老爸可能還拖一陣子呢。
教女兒開車的時候倒成了父女倆交流的好機會。女兒有駕駛學校的功底,實際上並不需要老爸指導多少。所以,每次練習,都是父女倆談天說地,從和老媽的矛盾到弟弟的搗亂,從中國美父母的教育方式到中美文化的差別,從談股論經到個人財經的管理,從美國政治到人生哲學,拉近了兩代之間的距離。相信老爸的好多理念就這麽不知不覺地灌輸給了女兒。
回家的路上,和女兒商量:“Do you want me to add your name into the insurance policy for my car? If so, you can drive around by yourself to your friends' party. If not, you can still practice when dad or mom go out for shopping.”
“Not at this moment. It will be costly, right? When I go to college and get my own car, I will buy insurance for myself....”