Can you drive a stick shift?

Not unfortunately. My dad tried to get me to drive his blue 88 ford ranger xlt longbed 5 speed truck and I couldn’t get my foot timing right. It kept on shutting down at a stop sign and I had to keep cranking it. 6 cars behind us started honking and he said come on get us out of here! Well I fired it up and somehow I got it right and punched the gas and floored it in 1st gear. Changing gears isn’t a problem when you’re moving. It’s the taking off or having to stop and switch the gears back.