Hello friends!
Big news in the Johnson household this week — Atticus passed his driver’s permit test! 🎉 Which means my dream of having him drive himself to dance 428 times a week is one step closer to reality. (I jokingly promised to post his driving schedule online so everyone can stay safely at home…LOL)
🚗 A dancer who can (almost) drive
Atticus officially has his permit, and we celebrated with a driving session after recording this episode
We also ordered magnet bumper stickers from Amazon — a “student driver on board” set that accidentally came as a three-pack. One of the bonus magnets says something like “not drunk, just learning to drive for the first time.” If you see that on a car in Minnesota, you’ll want to keep your distance.
📖 How we studied (and actually made it fun)
The MN DMV test center staff gave us the real tip: skip the random Google study guides and just read the official state permit manual PDF cover to cover
The problem? Neither Atticus nor I are the “just scroll a PDF” type. We need something more engaging.
Solution: I uploaded the PDF into Claude and had it build a full question bank from the manual — covering all the major knowledge areas — and then asked it to re-read the PDF and double-check every question for accuracy and completeness (AI has an overconfidence problem, and I know this from running a cybersecurity company)
I also had Claude pull out a separate quiz bank just for traffic, warning, and construction signs — the visual stuff that shows up on the test
📱 Enter Quizlet
Claude spit out a file formatted for Quizlet import — boom, instant flashcard set
Our routine: a few nights in a row, we’d beam Quizlet from my iPad to the living room TV and run through 25–50 questions together
Quizlet’s smart enough to track which questions he nailed and which needed more work, so we could focus the studying where it counted
End result: he walked in and crushed it ✅
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