Starting At NTTS Liverpool, NY Aug 26th

Hello everyone,

My name is Glenn, I just turned 50 yesterday(Aug. 15), and the same day I got my letter from NTTS(National Tractor Trailer School) stating that I've been accepted to start school on the 26th of August. It was like a birthday present that I wasn't even expecting that day.

I'll be taking the 18 week full time course(M-F), and my completion date at this point is going to be Dec 31st. It's the Advanced CDL 602 hour course. Even though it seems like a pretty expensive school compared to some others, I'm fortunate that I've been blessed with some grants and other funding from the VA (I'm a US Army vet), so there will be no out-of-pocket costs for me at all. I live in Syracuse, so the school is only a 20 minute drive from my apartment.

I read your book Brett, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I've also been getting the newsletter, which I also enjoy reading.

You are SO RIGHT about negative info on companies. I've been surfing the web for the past month looking up info on trucking companies, driving, getting a CDL, the new hours of operation, which ones hire new Grads from a CDL school, and so on.

I've even taken the practice CDL test online which I have down to under 20 minutes at 94%. Regardless of the bad press truckers get, and the bad press some truckers give companies, and even driving an 18 wheeler, nothing will detour me from achieving this.

I've told many people before, that I don't mind starting from the bottom, as long as the view is good. Well, I think that is totally my frame of mind on trucking. I'm not going to mind paying my dues, doing the hauls no one else wants, because I will at least gain the experience of driving an 18 wheeler through all of it.

In 1970, I was in second grade, and we did a play, with a song we sang called "Freedom isn't Free". The song went on to say "You have to pay the price, you have to sacrifice". So, if I have to start at the bottom, well, sounds good to me, because I will just be following in the footsteps of all the other successful 18 wheeler drivers that have come before me, and with that many footsteps ahead of me, I can certainly say the the path is clear to me.

Hey Glenn! Sorry it took me so long to respond.

You certainly have the right attitude. Just keep your thoughts positive and don't let anything deter you. Determination is the #1 factor in my opinion when it comes to being successful at anything in life. If you refuse to quit, eventually you're going to get where you're trying to go!

Listen, I see you started using The High Road CDL Training Program. I highly suggest you continue with that. That's going to be the stuff they'll be shoving down your throat in school. You have plenty of time to make significant progress before school starts and I promise you you'll be glad you did. Practice tests are fine once you've gone through the program. But memorizing test questions isn't the same as learning the materials properly, which our High Road Training Course will do for ya. So hopefully you'll get back to working on that and you'll be ready to go come day one of classes!

Best of luck and keep us informed! We'll certainly be following along with ya!