I finally started school!!!

nice update, and couple is spelled right except i think you drop the e to add ing but i flunked english in HS so im not totaly sure

 

Don't worry... the driving is coming! Great job so far! Its a ton of crap to swallow so fast and it keeps coming. We were lucky, we had our permits before we started school, so school was mostly hands on and only about 4 days of 5 weeks was actually classroom time. Keep the posts coming and good luck with the new week!

 

I feel for you bro.... been there! Trust me on something.... Although the range is a pain in the behind, concentrate all your efforts on backing. If you are given an opportunity to choose range or road choose range. We got flooded with students about 2 weeks into our class and we spent a lot of time driving instead of backing. We regretted it when it came time to take our CDL exams and hadn't backed much in weeks. It really stressed us out. When you leave school and start driving you will get plenty of driving but very little backing. Monday night quarter backing it now, I'd recommend concentrating on backing as opposed to the little bit of driving you can do with 4 students in a truck. Its a whole new world backing into an offset dock behind a Michaels or Ross where there are no cones or lines.

Keep up the good work and we'll see you on the road shortly.

 

whos doing the teaching there now??

 

You will plan trips before you get out of school and its important to know how to do it, but our company sends us the route they expect us to follow and it takes an act of god to change it .

Congratulations on the testing and keep up the good work. Its worth it in the end.

 

Started school today at the TEAMSTERS TRAINING ACADEMY. We watched the teamsters video, did paperwork and straight backing in the yard. I'm so glad to finally get started.