legit beef or am i whining?

Well just to let you know whinning is part of being a truck driver heck I think it should be a endorsement on your license so you can tell them I have my hazmat,tanker,dbl/tpl and whinning endorsement now that will make you a well rounded driver

 

As a truck driver this is not considered whineing.Whineing is someone who will find every excuse not to deliver loads.You have 6 days left what I would do is tell your school your concern.You paid good money for this course and you need to know.I don't think parallel parking or backing is part of your dmv test,it wasn't for me but the alley dock and 90 degree is.So stress to the school first thing Monday morning how concerned you are.hopefully they'll let you work one on one with an instructor.

 

Lots of great advice here, but IMO, the meat and potatoes were served up by jbatmick and interplanet janet. Confidence and attitude will get you thru (Not to be confused with being a ####y know it all type)

Look at the students who are doing well vs the ones who are struggling. confidence will put you in with the former. If you're in that group, the instructors will likely be more helpful. Also, everyone in that group does something well and can help each other.

As for whining and "putting on your big boy pants",,, a lot of times standing up for yourself will be perceived as "whining" by co-workers and mgmt. Confidence changes that perception.

IMO, "putting on your big boy pants" *doesn't* mean laying down and taking the BS that this industry will put you through (if you let it). But too often, that's the way it's viewed.

Without seeing your situation up close and personal, it's hard to give advice. But if it were me, I'd probably be (politely but firmly) asking the instructors why I'm paying them $XX.00/HR to sleep, screw around and do anything but instruct.

Good luck!

 

W-H-I-N-I-N-G, people.
It's spelled, "whining."
A long, high-pitched complaining cry.

 

I attended a for profit truck driving school back in 1999. The yard was gravel and had a slope that made straight line backing difficult, especially because i was new. I had an instructor who would try to screw any good looking women in the sleeper while the trainees drove. Still another instructor would cuss you out if you simply could not understand his instruction and on one occasion pulled out his knife. But when the instructors asked for a volunteer to be the first one to start an exercise I was the first one. I tried hard to spend every minute to get as much seat time i could and that's where you need to be. So I know your time is short but be the bigger the driver swallow that adversity and you too can become a professional truck driver.

 

Accredited by who and who says so. What kind of accreditation is on the wall.

 

And if the BBB contacts the school for an investigation, the school could just say, "hey...some people got it, and some people don't". Silly idea Chinatown.

 

As a CDL Instructor I always told students when you are backing up you are driving the trailer, when you are going forward you are driving the tractor. Also when backing up you should not turn the steering wheel until you know why you are going to turn the wheel, 90% of students turn the wheel 4 times as much as necessary. I have gone to the extreme of duct taping a students left hand to the mirror bracket. That solved his problem, put it in the dock with just one pull up. Speaking of a pull up, if you have to do one, they are allowed, pull up far enough to correct the problem but at the same time remember that the farther you pull up the farther you have to back up. Hope that is of some help.

 

Oh quit WHINNING!