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Post by truckertom on Sept 12, 2005 20:51:30 GMT -5
No, she is just not going to listen. There are some people that are never going to be truckers....she is one of them.
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Post by truckertom on Feb 5, 2006 12:46:50 GMT -5
So I took my class to take their first written tests the other day and I asked them if they had been studying. To my surprise they assured me that the written test were nothing but "common sense". It was funny three hours later when they arrived back at the truck and announced to me they had failed every test!
Now it is a week later, and out of the three students two have passed all four of the basic tests, and on has passed three out of four. This is after five trips to the DPS (DMV).
Why is it a student will pay $3000 on training and then ignore the instructors advice to study the book that is issued by the DPS? (the same DPS that will be giving them the test). And in the end, when all of his time has been spent on written tests, and he just barely passes the driving test. He comes back and lambasts the school for not training him properly?
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Post by Scott on Feb 7, 2006 7:47:44 GMT -5
Tom, The male ego is a fragile thing indeed!!!
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Post by Fozzy on Feb 7, 2006 22:15:16 GMT -5
This is because they enter the school convinced that any "idiot" can drive a truck. When they fail, and they are obviously not an idiot (yeah right), they must blame others for the shortcomings
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Post by truckertom on Feb 12, 2006 11:54:39 GMT -5
I really enjoy getting the "Smartasses" in the truck for the first time and watching them struggle through the shifting process, failing the tests. I use them as a communication tool for the next class who think "any idiot can drive a truck".
When I change drivers I don't say "next driver", I say "next victim"! But then, I might be considered old school.
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Post by Pcuthbert on Feb 14, 2006 14:26:10 GMT -5
Tom;
It is time to look for that old truck in the boneyard again. Give them a whopping 180 HP and twin sticks. I think the buttons on the knob are confusing them again.
It is time also to extend the training program by a week, and give them the manual in a power point presentation. Make them sit through it all, and insist that they chew a large pack of gum at the same time. That'll keep 'em quiet during the show.
Cattle prods mounted in the chairs will keep them awake too.
You can also mount a "push button" on the dash. When they get in, tell them it is wired tot eh seat, and they will get a jolt if they don't pay attention. Plant a dummy in the class to tell them about how much it hurts, and they will be anticipating it when you reach towards the dash.
Pat
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Post by truckertom on Feb 14, 2006 20:11:36 GMT -5
Might not get away with that with the state.....I can dream though.
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Post by truckertom on Feb 23, 2008 14:53:10 GMT -5
I got offered a job as an instructor at Central Refrigerator in Dallas. 40 hours @ $15 an hours......Just can't see stepping back into teaching folks how to drive an 18 wheeler.
They tend to want to hire folks that are nearing the end of their trucking career. This attracts drivers who are looking for easy money. If an instructor sits in the cafe' for 3 hours a day, he will get far more rewarded than one who keeps his students working hard all day. It is when the lazy instructor is a few years in the business and he finds that %95 of the students he taught how to drive are out of the trucking business.
You spend the money to attend school, yet you never get a decent job and you still have to pay back the load..
There are a lot of crooked schools out there.
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