Same Problem With Students And Instructors.......

Ask an instructor and they will tell you that nothing gets in the way of a student learning to get their CDL and driving a truck more than.......

Ask a student and they will tell you that nothing gets in the way of an instructor training a student to get their CDL and driving a truck more than.....

Their EGO!!! Both are so true.

Students need to be humble and teachable and realize that the instructor has valuable information to give. Getting defensive when told something only makes learning take longer and does not help anything......well, except maybe their own ego. Good attitude and humbleness go a long way.

Instructors need to be humble and remember that they once were the student and that being all macho goes over like a lead balloon in the eyes of students who just want to learn, NOT become someone's doormat. And what could possibly make driving a truck more difficult that having an instructor being unable to instruct without losing it. The student is already confused and stumbling to do the right thing. Escalating and exacerbating it by becoming a loud in-your-face source of noise is certainly NOT going to help anything.......well, except maybe their own ego. Being level headed and humble go a long way.

Set aside the egos guys. We can be proud of who we are without being puffed up about it.

My 2 cents worth.

So very true. I have been through the training/mentoring process twice with two different companies. I did not know anything then amd I am still learning every mile I roll. Excellent post.

Agree with you Randy and from my experience it was usually the Instructors they expect you to get it the first time LOL I played Hockey for 18 yrs would love to get one of them on skates for a week and expect them to play just like me NO way practice practice practice and some patience fellas