Driver's Ed [Thursday, Week 1, Period 2]
As the students trickled into the Danger Shop, they would find Ziva standing and waiting for them at the front of the room, cradling a cup of coffee in her hands. Today, the room was set up like a regular classroom, and Ziva felt a lot more comfortable than she had the first time she'd gone through this speech.
"Good morning," she said. "My name is Ziva David, and over the course of this semester, I will be instructing you all in driver education. Since it is customary to tell you a few things about myself, I will say that Israel is my home, but for the last few years, I have been living in the United States while working for the NCIS. Some of you might have met my previous boss, Special Agent Gibbs. If you have not, all you need to know is that if you decide to pass notes while you should be paying attention, I will catch you."
"I do not intend for us to spend our time here memorizing traffic laws or reading from books," she continued. "I am a firm believer that the best way to learn how to drive is to actually do it, and that it is more important to know how to handle your vehicle in any given situation than it is to know all of the different rules of the road. We will be meeting here each week for your lessons, as this is the place for safe simulations. This week, before we do anything else, I need to learn the point from where you all are starting. I would like to go around and learn everyone's name, year of school, and how much experience you have behind the wheel. Oh, and if you have a dream car?" she added, grinning. "Tell me about it. Also, I do not yet have a teaching assistant, so if you would like to offer your services, please speak to me after class."
"Now," she said, pointing to a random student. "Let us start with you."
"Good morning," she said. "My name is Ziva David, and over the course of this semester, I will be instructing you all in driver education. Since it is customary to tell you a few things about myself, I will say that Israel is my home, but for the last few years, I have been living in the United States while working for the NCIS. Some of you might have met my previous boss, Special Agent Gibbs. If you have not, all you need to know is that if you decide to pass notes while you should be paying attention, I will catch you."
"I do not intend for us to spend our time here memorizing traffic laws or reading from books," she continued. "I am a firm believer that the best way to learn how to drive is to actually do it, and that it is more important to know how to handle your vehicle in any given situation than it is to know all of the different rules of the road. We will be meeting here each week for your lessons, as this is the place for safe simulations. This week, before we do anything else, I need to learn the point from where you all are starting. I would like to go around and learn everyone's name, year of school, and how much experience you have behind the wheel. Oh, and if you have a dream car?" she added, grinning. "Tell me about it. Also, I do not yet have a teaching assistant, so if you would like to offer your services, please speak to me after class."
"Now," she said, pointing to a random student. "Let us start with you."