I DID IT!!!!!!!!!

After two and half years of classes, study and training, training, training, my friend Jody and I became Certified 19-A Examiners in the state of New York. For those of you who don't know what that means, we can now do certain tests on bus drivers that are required annually or biennually by New York State. I won't be using these skills so much at Iroquois but it was one of the conditions of getting the job at Aspire that I would be successful in getting certified.

It was a very long day with the DMV examiner showing up about 9:45AM and not leaving us until about 2:20PM. We started by taking a 100 question test which I wasn't as prepared for as I thought I should be. We had been lead to believe that the test would be more heavy on CDL (Commerical Driver's License) questions but turned out about 1/3 of the test were 19-A related. Of course I had concentrated on the CDL part and did very well on that part. I ended up getting an 83, (80 was passing). Jody, who was sure she would blow it got an 89, Way to go Jody!

Next we each had to have a vision test then we had to drive to show our skills behind the wheel, then it was sitting in the examiner's seat and testing a fellow driver's skills. (Thanks Laura for taking all day to help us out!). We then spent time discussing our strengths and weaknesses. It really was very informative.

I'M JUST GLAD IT'S OVER!!!!!!!!

So now I can really say that I'm certifiable!