Use it as the practical maintenance bit of your tuition. Someone always breaks down or forgets to put something back in place, so that would be good practical experience!
I was looking at some of the maintenance questions - tell me how you would check the power steering is working before setting off on a journey caught my eye. I need to know the answer to this please - I fear that I don't know how to check an '80's Panda power steering for example.....