My experience with J A Soares as a parent has been negative. My child, who is learning to drive there, has described some upsetting interactions with the instructor. In addition to that, the instructor actually insulted my driving skills, using my child's current abilities as the basis for the remarks. Furthermore, I'm not confident in the feedback we've received about my child's driving progress; it doesn't seem to align with what I've experienced in their current skill level.
October 2022
Best driving instructor!!! If you don’t listen I don’t recommend him but if you want to get your license and are willing to listen and follow instructions you will pass!!!! Kindest instructor I met and he will tell you things straight forward. He got me in and out in a week and 1/2 I couldn’t be happier and now I’m a amazing driver.
June 2021
I don’t recall the instructor’s name, but the Portuguese man with gray hair is not a good instructor. He displayed unskillful levels of communication, and was emotionally compromised the entire time. For example, I asked to repeat himself because I couldn’t understand his accent, but it only resulted in angrily responding to me.I’ve did have learning experiences with him, but his teaching style is very outdated and unfriendly — unless you were Portuguese, which is very discriminatory for others who might not understand his cultural way of teaching/speaking. There was one instance I had where, instead of explaining in detail why I made a mistake, he overreacted... read full review
My experience with J A Soares as a parent has been negative. My child, who is learning to drive there, has described some upsetting interactions with the instructor. In addition to that, the instructor actually insulted my driving skills, using my child's current abilities as the basis for the remarks. Furthermore, I'm not confident in the feedback we've received about my child's driving progress; it doesn't seem to align with what I've experienced in their current skill level.
Best driving instructor!!! If you don’t listen I don’t recommend him but if you want to get your license and are willing to listen and follow instructions you will pass!!!! Kindest instructor I met and he will tell you things straight forward. He got me in and out in a week and 1/2 I couldn’t be happier and now I’m a amazing driver.
I don’t recall the instructor’s name, but the Portuguese man with gray hair is not a good instructor. He displayed unskillful levels of communication, and was emotionally compromised the entire time. For example, I asked to repeat himself because I couldn’t understand his accent, but it only resulted in angrily responding to me.I’ve did have learning experiences with him, but his teaching style is very outdated and unfriendly — unless you were Portuguese, which is very discriminatory for others who might not understand his cultural way of teaching/speaking. There was one instance I had where, instead of explaining in detail why I made a mistake, he overreacted... read full review