First of all, don't be ashamed if you are 16 and just getting your permit. I am 16 and I just got my certificate (going to get the permit hopefully Monday) reason was that last year, some of you guys know that I flunked the 9th grade. The reason isn't because I was dumb, but I was trying to hard to get a girlfriend and to be impressive and shit, that I didn't do my work (I am lazy) (Oh, and no, I never did get a girl, lol) So this year, I passed, and I'm in Summer School now because I want to catch up with my class of 2008. This time though, I already passed, and I didn't have to go to Summer School, but I want to catch up.
So anyway, I flunked and my mother was being such the bitch that she is that she didn't pay for drivers training when I was 15. Now she did this year, and I'm getting my permit.
Ok, now for the backstory of the state test.. The state of Michigan decided to try out some new driver licencing tests and they used our classes as "guniea pigs." The tests were very hard, because only 20% of the test actually came from our book. Our whole class failed. Hell, most of the other classes actually failed. Now the funny thing was, I had the highest score of the class, yet I still failed. (73%)
So, a day after they gave us the old easier tests, and I passed with a 94% (Didn't get highest this time)
So yeah, bit of drama there.
EDIT: Samui, you flunked the road driving twice? It was easy for me ( I did have to do it three times though, first two I was a bit nervous and uneven, third time was smooth as I got used to it) Note that our road driving procedure goes as follows: You are required here to road drive twice, or you can take an optional third test if you want. I passed both twice, but took the third as I was nervous, and wanted to do it again. I was so calm the third time, that everything went smooth, except for a slight jerk when merging on the expressway.