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Message:: [QUOTE="Kennyworth67, post: 12240694, member: 230624"]Made me laugh about the ''helmet'' comment. I go back to the army- ''the only stupid question is the one that's not asked." Now, I know that can be horribly abused. But, better to ask questions while people are training you than to be a know it all who steps on his wiener because he was too proud to ask. I was an instructor and CDL tester at Central for a year before they got bought up by Swift. It was super easy work and I liked teaching new students. I fully understood my role. Which was soley limited to TEACHING them HOW to pass the CDL test and get them in a truck with a trainer who could teach them to actually drive the darn things. The pay sucked and the work wasn't particularly interesting. But, it was an eye opener. I can tell you, it shattered many previously held stereotypes. Many of my best students were older ladies who didn't have anything to prove.  They were patient, they easily applied instruction and were gentle on the equipment. My problem children were veterans who considered themselves drivers because they drove a 5 ton truck in the military or the sons of truckers who liked to tell you all about ''their daddies'' truck.  Half of them would never shut up long enough to learn how to pass a pre trip on their test.-- And- they got sent home.[/QUOTE]