Thursday morning was spent on the hill practicing 45° backing. After lunch, we had a 3 hour safety workshop. Let me put it this way...3 hour lecture right after lunch=involuntary nap time! After the workshop was completed, we ate dinner and then went back up to the hill for our final time in school. We practiced truckstop pullouts, 45° backing and parallel parking.
Friday was our graduation day. We began the day by taking our final exams which lasted for the majority of the morning. After lunch we had our payroll orientation and received our fuel cards. At the end of the day, most of the students received their medical cards and were released to the student planner. He is the guy that gets us out to a trainer. Now I said most of the students received them because myself and 2 others did not receive them. After trying to figure out what the hell was going on, I finally found out that they are still waiting to get my drug test results back...from last Tuesday. Right now, I am what they call a "pending student." It is quite frustrating to have come this far only to be stuck waiting. Oh well...so much is life, right?!
Well that brings me to today...the end of phase I and II, and the beginning of phase III. I did nothing but sit today...along with 90 other people waiting to get out with a trainer. Let me tell you all now to not believe the recruiter when they tell you that you will be getting out of school and immediately going with a trainer. A lot of these guys have been waiting for a week or longer. One thing nice is that the "Steven's School" graduates supposedly get priority over people that come in from the outside. They moved us from Crosslands to Americas Best today. I guess Americas Best is the 'employees' motel. We also received our ID badges and graduation certificates today. I will continue to update this blog as I continue on my journey to become a professional truck driver. If there is anything that you guys want to ask, please feel free to leave a comment!
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