Barry Wilkins

Hello Eric,

I have been attempting to drop you a line to say Happy 1999 to you and emphasize my appreciation.
It has been continuous for us, as you know, as we continue to receive training. I tell everyone that Sheffield is one of the most, if not the most challenging thing that I have ever done. It is something that you earn and the results are a feeling of accomplishment and reward.

I will never forget the manner in which I had to make mental adjustments and really focus to achieve the level that I knew that I could perform. I will also never forget the brief conversation that we had when I mentioned that I was determined. That conversation was the turning point to make me become a little more relaxed.
Your course is a wealth of knowledge and I can really appreciate the information and the manner in which you delivered it to the class. At times in class I would laugh inside (appreciating your concept) at how you were not just teaching us information, formula’s and rules but you taught us application, which is what I envision within our job and responsibility. To take a situation or condition and apply the rules properly to make a good decision and plan. This is what I saw in your exams and it may sound strange but I could appreciate that approach.
Again, I complement your facilitating. You do an excellent job. You made us really think and use brain cells that we had not used in some time. Plus, we had fun and laughs and still got the job done.

I am proud to have been in that particular class. We supported each other and did not let each other fall. Through pressured and depressed times, which we all had at one time or another, we communicated with each other and motivated each other. Even during the evenings or weekends when we did not conduct group study sessions, we were on the phone with each other, discussing class material or lifting each other up when the other was feeling down or tired. It took that kind of group effort that made the difference.
Several occasions, Truman has passed along complements from you to everyone, regarding our class. I am honored and thank you very much.
I reference the green binder regularly. I know it is still a long road ahead but what a beginning.

Stay in touch,

Barry Wilkins
Delta class, 1998

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