Years ago after my ADI part 2 success I was on top of the world, nothing could keep me from going on to pass the ADI part 3, it was going to be as easy as pie and I was on a high
Then I started looking at the online driving instructors forums, I became more and more depressed after reading the horror stories from people that had taken the ADI part 3 and failed, I began to get the impression that it would be easier to become an astronaut and fly to the moon, even the posts from some instructor trainers made me feel that it was an almost impossible task, and I hadn’t even taken any training yet
I was turning into a part 3 Zombie
I shudder even at the thought of the state of my mind back in those horrible days
My outlook on life was rapidly deteriorating into a demoralising mush of technical bullshit that I was told I must memorise because if I didn’t spew it all back out of my mouth at the S.E. in the correct order on my ADI part 3 test I would have no chance of becoming a qualified ADI
I decided not to commit suicide and try a little part 3 training, I contacted a local instructor and booked a three hour training session with him, or so I thought.
I arrived at the meeting place and the instructor turned up over half an hour late, he asked me to get in the back and introduced me to the TWO other guys in the car, we then got on the road and did some “training”
I was told to give a briefing on moving off and stopping, I was very nervous as the guy I had swapped places with had been told what a load of crap his efforts at briefings were, I began to wonder if my instructor was going to teach me how to complete this imperative and extremely important task or simply take the micky out of me while putting my hard earned cash into his very fat wallet
Needless to say, I made a complete and utter balls of the job and had the micky taken while the trainer filled his wallet
I went home even MORE demoralised and confused and my Zombie like state of mind got worse, I learnt NOTHING……..ZERO……..ZILCH about how to pass the ADI part 3 but I did learn that learning nothing cost me LOADS of cash that I could hardly afford
This went on for a few more sessions and I was very depressed about it all and became quite run down and ill in general
Then a fellow trainee who had recently passed her part 3 told me she was in the same state as myself a few weeks previous and she was on the brink of giving it all in rather than staying in Zombie land, until her confidence was raised sky high after a phone call to another instructor trainer, explaining to me that this trainer really knows what he’s doing as far as preparing trainees for the part 3 test, she went on to get training with this guy and passed with 5 – 5
I placed my suicidal thoughts aside again and gave him a ring…..she was right, I phoned Jon from purrfect systems took a days training, no messing about, just really amazing fun without any negative bullshit, just me in the car and passed the following week in Hull, got 4 and a 5 hey a green badge is a green badge. Thanks Jon.
