get my driver's license

I’ve been waiting since I was 11 to get my driver’s license. My mom isn’t around often and I always feel like going places: wanderlust I suppose. I just want to be able to just get up and go somewhere, I want the control to go where ever I want. I’m constantly confused about why older people don’t take the opportunity to get their driver’s license when they come of age, it’s even offered as a course in our high school. I just want to be able to drive and feel in control, for once.