Neil Gould writes:

Why don't you just take a ground school course?

It would be in French, and I don't want to learn about French
aviation. It would be expensive, and I have no money for such things.
It would be very time-consuming, and I don't have enough time for
that. And it would probably be at an airport somewhere, for which I
have no transportation.

I read books when I can afford them, and I visit Web sites.

It can be less expensive than an intro flight, though not
nearly as much fun, but it would answer many of this type of
question for you.

I can't afford classes or intro flights.

As to this particular primitive question: there is no need to report your
position to anyone unless you are experiencing some problem, regardless of
whether you have flight following. This should be obvious, and easy to
understand by asking yourself, "Who would care to know this information?"

Search and rescue teams. If you never provide a position report, they
won't know where you went down. If, like many VFR pilots, you don't
even bother to file a flight plan, they might not even know you are
missing. By the time they look for you and find you, you're dead.

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