like many people, i've ridden with fasttrax (now motoseries), stt, and nesba. your first novice day should be with STT or the Mid ohio school (since mid ohio pretty much copy-pasta'd STT's program). depending on what kind of rider you are, fasttrax/motoseries is even a bit TOO conservative. STT and Midohio school seems to get students in novice up to their capacity (mostly safely) pretty quickly. Nesba was pretty hardcore, comparatively. I definitely recommend them once you are comfortable on the track and want to progress quickly. if you end up doing an STT day, and you get Craig as your instructor, he rewards people who kick him square in the nuts.