Graduated 9 months ago.

I would suggest going back to the school you trained at and see if they offer a one-day refresher course. It certainly can't hurt.

 

Sorry to hear that. Don't worry too much about the instructor raising his voice at you; heck, I had an instructor throw his clipboard in the cab once, but he was also an excellent instructor with forty years in the industry. You can bet I paid attention to him after that!
There were many times I asked myself if I had gotten in over my head, or made a mistake. But I'm 23 years behind the wheel now, with no regrets, and now in a position where I could move into management if I ever decide I can't, or don't want to continue driving.
Unless you know someone who knows someone who will let you practice beforehand, you're just going to have to go off memory and hope for the best on your road test.

 

What area are you in? BTW, I lasted a whole month OTR and decided it wasn't for me. I have been working local my entire career since then. It was a rough beginning, I had three jobs in a year and a half before hiring on with an LTL company where I stayed for eighteen years before moving to where I'm at now.

 

The roads have definitely gotten worse in my region, at least, for several reasons: bad drivers, and vastly more of them, worn out infrastructure, etc...

 

We have drivers in Portland six nights a week, I'm usually one of them. We're based out of Lacey, WA, and cover Washington, northern Oregon, and Missoula, MT.