Finally started school!

Nice to hear about your lucking out. Look forward to your updates.

 

Yes, I guess I am slacking.
Basically, school is going well. Teacher is downplaying me. While I continue to be the best. He has to say things like: XXX did that turn perfect. When criticizing the others.
He has the backing teacher take us out on the road today. Now I have picked up that in a turn. I'm maneuvering and actually driving the trailer tandems. Watch and make sure I drive those trailer tandems through the turn correctly. My backing teacher would start in on me that I'm a little too tight or... but at the same time he has his arm up blocking the mirror. In the middle of it I'm saying: Your arm...your arm....I can't see. hehe... He admits it afterward that was a goof on his part. I truly do want to drive from understanding what I'm doing. I want to do it right. I don't need no "color by numbers" scenario.
In backing.... Bear in mind I have this stuff down pat. The 'color by numbers'. So I stopped at certain places. Got out. And took a good look at my positioning. Trying to understand my real world scenario. Nobody seemed to understand what I was doing? Asking me about it? Trouble? .... At one point I told the backing teacher that I'm studying. That's all.

Basically school is going good.

 

Another good week of school. Nothing big to say.
Did have a little car crowding the back of my trailer on a left turn. I stayed in the right lane after turning. Teacher yelled at me. Then the car whizzed by. I think he figured out I didn't get right back into the left lane to avoid a wreck with the idiot.

 

I got into trouble at school. Got bored with the backing course. So... I started working on time.... Doh! Was down to 7 minutes, nice and easy. Teacher shouldn't have joked and said; gimme 5. .... Doh!
I came around the last turn. Going toward the parallel park. Asked the guy what time I have. He said two minutes left. I stepped on it. Finished in 6.
Was told there was a ton of black smoke coming from the stacks. Teacher wasn't happy. Told me to quit driving like it's a race car. Other comments, and other teacher; Don't go trying to set a record time for the backing course. ... It isn't a race course.
Oh well.... I goofed... I is a bad boy.

 

Well.... School is over. Got a job.
I can't believe it.... I actually have a restriction on my license now! I'm filing a grievance with the union! I asked the DMV about it. He said: It's because we don't have any class A passenger vehicles in this state. But I'm still licensed to drive a class B greyhound bus if I want to. .... Doh!
BTW: I didn't tell him that the Passenger endorsement is so my doggie can ride with me.