Profile For Brent N.

It's everything... I struggle to hit gears when I'm moving, my speed is off... timing is terrible... I either don't hit the clutch hard enough(to the floor to shift) or I brake too hard or hit the gas too hard to where sometimes the truck dies at a stop or jerks really bad(to the point someone not even in the truck hears it). I just feel flat out awful when I'm driving because there's too much going on and I don't feel confident driving. Maybe truck driving just isn't for me(this is just a track afterall, there's not even other traffic). I haven't seen a simulator, it's all on a track in the back lot.

So here's my story... about 2 weeks ago I started at a CDL school in Dallas and the computer tests were easy... I even like the driving for the most part... but I cannot for the life of me get this whole double clutch/shifting thing down and it's really killing me. It's been nearly a week and I feel like I'm no better than the first day. Meanwhile I've watched most of my classmates go out on city streets today. I feel overwhelmed when I'm driving and honestly feel like I don't want to drive it. I can't grasp handling the shifter and looking out the windows to make proper turns at the same time. I have a CDL class A permit and am just wondering if I'd be better off going to a training program with automatic trucks. I was hearing a lot about US Xpress from some people I talked to yesterday but was wondering if anyone knew how they were, or any better suggestions.