Exactly one year ago yesterday, I moved my family from Colorado to California to take a job as an intructor at U.T.I. So not only was I in a completely new place, I had a totally new kind of job. Learning to adapt to life outside of the diesel industy and learning to teach students how to get into said industry put a lot of stress on not only myself, but my family as well. The process of adapting to my new home state has been much slower than adapting to my new role as instructor. living in California can… >>>

If i find myself in need of shelted during a violent storm, my first choice is not going to be the house made of straw. My first choice is obviously going to be the house of bricks. Just by looking at the two structures, i know in my head and in my gut that the house made of bricks is going to protect me ten-fold over the house of straw. We have to be that house of bricks to the students. Their first impression of you has to be that of someone who has a solid foundation, someone they can… >>>