legit beef or am i whining?

That was a great response, except for one thing....you obviously didnt read my post.

I never said all Community School programs were no good. If you read my last sentence it says clearly, every school is different. There is no guarantee that picking one type of school over another is will get you quality training. Some private owned schools are fantastic, some are horrible. The same goes for community school programs. In the end the student must due their due diligence and they might be making a huge mistake ruling out a private owned school in their area because they came on here and read a thread in which some guy who knows nothing is giving them education advise because he read it here a bunch of times.

As far as me being a recruiter, just like everything....there are good ones and bad ones. I was no nonsense. If you didnt like the message about who I recruited for, then that company wasnt for you and we didnt want you there. I didnt need to sugar coat it, the company I recruited for wanted hard working men who werent afraid to break a sweat and knew how to put in an honest days work. For that they got paid very well. Most of my students made over $60,000 in their first year, some made more.

I will say that while no school is the same, the worse schools I ever went into were community based programs in some of the bigger cities. One of the ones in Houston was like walking into a prison. I always left my laptop and wallet in the car.....I thought I was going to get robbed every time.

 

I feel that we have hijacked this thread to a degree so lets to agree to agree on most of this and slightly disagree on a portion.

 

Only you know if you're "getting what you paid for" or not. Just remember there's very little connection between a CDL school and reality; their job is to get your license, nothing more. Do what you can to pass the test then learn to drive a truck over the road. Or not. My guess is you'll have difficulty getting your money back, though. But it's just a guess, knowing nothing about the facts.

 

I took a respite from driving for a little while and worked in a warehouse. The guys in this warehouse got to calling me secretariat because of the way I worked. Of course this pissed off a lot of people because this was the wrong mentality (in their opinion) of working in a union shop.

 

I'd get out of that place ASAP. Find a program that has decent rep, do your research etc. From the sounds of that place, even C.R. England has a better training program. (and they are free if you work with them for so long....).

 

Stevens and Prime are two starter companies with high quality, challenging training programs, which you want, believe me. Check them out; it might be worth the switch.

 

How are the other students in the class doing?

 

Welcome to trucking. Sounds like a great school, hope your first job can compete with that schools high standards. Strap in, it's going to be a ride...