Catalyst said:
The 'hotshots' were all, well, "hot" until it came time for PPCs - they went ahead and disregarded DS instruction and did the tasks as they learned them in Cadets. Not suprisingly, this brought down a bunch of them when it came to evaluation, especially for task proceedure, while people who listened (regardless of cadet experience) did quite fine.
So basically like the advice I gave to my cadets on their way to camp. Listen, don't quibble. You're there to learn. If that requires unlearning first, so be it. At no point should the words "but in my corps" cross your lips.
(biggest pet peeve when *I* was staff)
My CO wants to send me to BOQ in the spring, probably the April or May course (the schedules aren't posted that far ahead yet for RCIS(Pra)). I've been out of the program for 10 years, so while the vague inklings of how to do things are still there, they aren't so drilled in I can't correct them.
Now I just have to get back into shape. I may not have any excess body fat, but being behind a computer desk for years with too much coffee does not help fitness... Maybe I'll start biking to work again. :-\
Definitely recommend getting
very familiar with the PIP material on the training website. Some of it is pure memorization (letter layout, date formats, etc), and the more you practise it, the more "2nd nature" it'll become. Actually I found RCIS(Pac)'s website to be quite useful, they had online courses for the PIP material, with lots of examples, quizzes, and practise opportunities.