Vergy said:
This was the way I wanted it to be but sitting down and just watching the guys and realizing there was ways I could help them, I felt obligated to get up and help. Going into BMQ I want to have a fresh mind and clean slate. Take all the information in as if I know nothing at all.
FWIW, I have taught on many courses, BMQ one of them, and also at CFLRS.
Just don't let your
help become more than that; there are times I've had to hammer the bag of a 'candidate' who let their help cross the line. They started getting others to do things that wasn't the way staff wanted it done and, intentional or not, started putting themselves on a bit of a higher level of value than the other recruits. Don't be that guy.
Why? Obvious answer; you are also a recruit. No better, no worse, with a minimal amount of knowledge to help others with things that aren't REALLY that important in the
overall goal of BMQ training. Things like really shiny toes and high LCF beret forming.
What IS really important is the development of TEAMWORK, of covering your buddy, of adapting to an imposed discipline environment and transitioning to one (hopefully) of SELF discipline (doing the right thing, the right way, at the right time even when no one is watching).
Use the little knowledge you have, such as beret forming, to help develop the TEAM (we all look similar and that's good news on inspection! lets do everything as a team, even with the people we want to play smashy-face with!!!!) rather than to try to elevate to a "I know more than you" self-appointed "Course Senior" status.
There are people like me teaching BMQs, and people like me like to hammer the bag off the self-appointed, closed doors Course Seniors. It has happened in the past where publicly in front of the whole course, the 'self appointed' Course Senior was brought down to ground level, or lower, to correct the problem. ;D
Just some advice, so you can self-check for that. It can be an easy spot to move towards, especially at the earliest stages of BMQ when most people are still dazed and confused. :2c: