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Message:: [QUOTE="RoadSideDown, post: 11648343, member: 314577"]DAY 9Another great day. Really started nailing the offset and alley dock backing maneuvers today. Go slow, small changes. Keep cones in sight. If wheels get inside the alley cones either GOAL or use a pull up to make sure I don’t go out the far boundary line. Feels great to have dozens of good backings. Everyone was making milestones. A student that was having backing difficulties just wouldn’t give up and with admirable determination finally started making the parallel parking! The whole class was excited by that commitment. The students are mostly in their 30s providing for their young families. This Class A license we are striving for means food on the table and a decent home for them. More are getting road time and that adds a lot of new energy as well. I feel we have all turned the corner. Victory is achievable. We have two weeks to burn these skills into our brain and make it smoother and easier. Again many kudos to YRC and the instructors. They are making many trucks and trailers and a practice yard available to us. The instructors never give up on anyone and stay tuned to what each student needs to progress and encourage us and challenge us every day. I have no doubt all seven of us students remaining will pass our DMV tests later this month.[/QUOTE]