Jenn Driving Instructor

Worst instructor ever. All she does is scream. What a waste of money. I went with her craigslist ad. She means the opposite of whatever she has posted. has absolutely no patience. very bad at communicating. stops for a while at McD.
My advice: Stay away from her!

I thought that she was an excellent instructor described from her Craigslist listing. I should have went with my gut from the point she picked up the phone, I could slightly understand her and her tone of voice was demanding and very stutter-​y.
She is TERRIBLE!
*The day that we set up the driving day she did not call/​text early to confirm. I had to text her confirming if she’s coming or not 2 hours early.
*I accidentally picked up my old expired permit and thought that we had to cancel since I don’t have the hard copy. She insisted and assumed that it’s okay as long as the number on the top left side was the same as the old permit. It was my ID number, of course it’s going to be the same? So I didn’t see her point if it was the same or not because an expired permit is an expired permit.
*Since my permit was expired. We were in the car for an hour talking about what was going to be in the test and again she ASSUMED that I already knew all these stuff ! She was quizzing me what’s the name of the gauges and meters were and I said I don’t know and asked me how long I’ve been in the states, I told her 10 years and she looked at me and said «you should already know!?» That just literally pissed me off, my sister got her license and didn’t know two shits about the names of those gauges and meters.
*An hour passed by and I drove, for the first time after 6 months maybe more. Note that she has a pedal. This again pisses me off because she doesn’t let me entirely control the car, she holds the steering wheel the whole entire time with force and presses the break even when it’s not necessary, it literally felt like I wasn’t even driving half the time.
*My house isn’t very far from the DMV in Daly City from the route we took it only took about 10−15min from the start and back. She drove me to the driveway of McDonalds near the DMV, parked, waited in the car, while she get her self lunch and a drink. WTF?!
*I did learn a few but her being an instructor?! Yeah, I don’t even know how she got her instructor license.
*Going back home she insisted that I take another 1 – 3 more lessons with her, this time parking and backing up. I don’t think students should be forced to take lessons.
*She called exactly on the starting time and ended at the exactly 2 hours. She kept talking which literally just passed trough my head the whole time and stressed me out.
It was 2 hours for $ 65. Waste of money.
I wish I have read the review here earlier.

Jenn was terrible!
I found her on Craigslist and her self descriptions were: «Professional, skilled, friendly and patient female driving instructor». She was most definitely not patient or professional.
Even after telling her that I was a complete newbie to driving, she told me to drive onto a busy road; on to peak traffic in San Francisco! I was so tense during the entire lesson!
Jenn could not articulate her instructions clearly, when I asked her clarifying questions, she would give answers like: «There is no method, everyone just looks straight and drives straight. This is just how you do it» or screaming «change it change it» without telling me what to change. Telling her that I did not quite understand what she meant did not bring further clarification; she merely rolled her eyes and shouted another set of instructions.
To top that off, she seemed to assume that I could read her mind and would yell at me incessantly as I did not execute her instructions (they were unclear) perfectly.
I guess I got what I paid for, her services are very affordable but she has very little patience. Had she been a little more patient and explain things better, I would continue to engage her services.