Is this worth it?

Ya,most companies will try to push you as far as they can...then they know.

 

That's not cheating, that's just prudent.

 

This is pretty much the exact reason why i want to start out with Roehl because they only have 14 days out on the road with a trainer and sometimes less like 9-10 days from what i've read.

 

The more time you spend with a trainer the better you benefit from the knowledge offered. I know you want your own truck and freedom but Trainers who are not distracted by money and is there to teach you you can stick around a while and learn. I might have all the years and if I went with trainer I would put my money where my words are too.

 

I hear you and agree but personally I learn much better just by doing things myself. Teach me the basics and i have the natural ability to fine tune the skills and learn quickly.

 

Everyone learns and comprehends at different rates and by different methods. Some people can watch once and have it down. Others have to physically do a task repeatedly to "understand" the task. Some have to let the information percolate through their gray matter for a while before it "clicks".

That is why it is best to figure out how you learn and, to the extent possible, get yourself in environments that work for you.

In the real world, you usually just have to accept that you are going to be fed a crap sandwich of one-size-fits-nobody training that you have to make the best of.

If you can accept that, then you won't waste your energy resisting and focusing on the idiocy. You can focus on getting something out of the mandatory training scheme.