another week down

Hey all another grueling week is in the books, It was the first week on the range. The first day was spent straight line backing. I wasn't feeling to hot after day 1 I thought I was too hard on myself. Day 2 was spent mostly straight line backing and splitting the cone. I felt better about things after day 2 . I will say the more reps you get in the truck the more confident you will be come. Day 3 we were doing the pull out of one dock and put the trailer into the next dock. Didn't do so great with that at first, but when the afternoon came i felt better doing that. Day 4 was spent alley docking and blindside parallel parking. Man I really found my niche with these two things. I was performing these maneuvers like a champ all day.
I would like to point out a few things we have 5 instructors on the range. When Mr Tony teaches us he seems to get irritated when you don't do something exactly the way he wants it done and he always wants to correct you with out letting you try to correct it your self. Ive learned that I don't learn well from Mr tony its just his style of teaching. When Mr. Mike, or Mr Aaron, or Mr Milton or Pete teach me things they seem to click with me so much better. They tell you how to do the maneuver, then they let you try to do it a few times and try to correct your mistakes and then if your not getting it they will help you out, give you a few pointers and will do the maneuver a couple times with them standing on the steps. When we were doing alley docking i was putting the trailer right down the middle of the alley dock dead center not favoring one side of the dock more and MR Aaron got a little peeved at Mr Tony, because Mr tony was trying to say i did something wrong when i didn't. Yes Mr tony frustrates me but the main people I need to impress is Mr Mike, Mr Aaron, and Mr Milton, They are the examiners for the dmv test.
Pete the diesel mechanic who also has his cdl teaches us on occasion when he isn't fixing our trucks. I like it when Pete teaches because he used to be a student himself, and he understands what the students go through. He is like most of the other instructors let you try it on your own and if your not getting it, help you out and then let you do it on your own. over all a good week I felt great after leaving Thursday, being able to do the hardest dmv exam maneuver pretty well. Mr Aaron says we did really well the first week as we are doing maneuvers that most classes don't touch in the first week at the range. He says most students don't get out of straight line backing until day 3, and that we are ahead of the curve some. I would like to point out time in the trucks is maximized with only 6 students in out class we usually start with 1 truck til about 930 or 10 then we start using 2 til lunch and through the afternoon. We are kept fresh though we will try a maneuver 2 or 3 times and then switch out.

Til next week all!

PS quick job update:

Companies that have accepted me

Maverick
Swift
Werner
USA Truck

Should hear back on monday about TMC I followed up with my recruiter and domino's said i never worked there. (domino's doesn't keep records long about employees who leave) I had to fax w-2s from domino's over to them and they had to verify my papa johns employment via phone. They accomplished all that on Friday afternoon and I should definitely hear something on Monday. I hope to get approved by TMC as they are top on my list.

Still haven't heard back from PAM or US xpress. I'll keep calling in hopes of getting an answer.