Advice for a teacher

Veneficus said:
I think that might be against some law actually :)
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Ha! They would be pleased to hear that. They think Atoms are pretty stupid and wish we could move on to blowing stuff up. Since, you know, everyone knows that taking chemistry means you get to blow stuff up.
 
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If you are lucky, you get to watch the teacher set a few small things on fire. Otherwise, the only people who get to blow stuff up while Doing Chemistry are the rednecks on YouTube who got their hands on a can of pure sodium or something and then proceed to try and blow themselves up.

The kids are also fairly convinced that we will make a bomb out of tinfoil and drain-o. Also we will never wear safety glasses. ever.
 
Emma, you're fitting in nicely here. :)

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Chimpie said:
Emma, you're fitting in nicely here. :)

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Aw, thank you.:blush:

I have to say, I'm kind of fascinated by your forum. I've been reading around the threads. It's especially good now, since I'm stuck waiting for my 3rd pd to come back from some assembly.
 
Emma said:
Aw, thank you.:blush:

I have to say, I'm kind of fascinated by your forum. I've been reading around the threads. It's especially good now, since I'm stuck waiting for my 3rd pd to come back from some assembly.
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The more I think about it the more I wonder if EMT is really a good fit. Obviously it will equip you to be able to deal with more things than a First Responder, but keep in mind it also has some requirements that might not be worth your time. For one, I believe Virginia is like Maryland, in that you have to be 'affiliated' with an accredited EMS organization (generally the local fire dept around here) to even enroll in a class. So you would have to figure out some way to satisfy that requirement, but I don't think you have the time or inclination to volunteer to ride an ambulance after work at this point.

Also, while the EMT course will teach you more (like splinting those broken bones), it will also teach you more that you don't need. At least, I'm assuming that you don't plan on delivering any babies in a cave in CO or something. But you'll still have to learn about ambulance ops and OB/GYN to complete it.

Then you have the fact that your certification would run out in a few years. This probably wouldn't bother you, but it's something to consider - if I were putting in the time, I wouldn't want to lose what I had earned 3 years later.
 
dixie_flatline said:
Also, while the EMT course will teach you more (like splinting those broken bones), it will also teach you more that you don't need. At least, I'm assuming that you don't plan on delivering any babies in a cave in CO or something. But you'll still have to learn about ambulance ops and OB/GYN to complete it..
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With the current rate of teen pregnancy and the abysmal sex ed, I don't think it could be that useless? :sad:

As for the recert. Some states like Ohio consider time spent teaching as equal to con ed, so if she is a science teacher, she might be able to overcome it that way.

Of course what is the EMT refresher course now a days? A handful of hours every 2 years?
 
I was teaching high school in Ohio before we moved out here. It was fairly rural and conservative. Sex ed was non-existent. Everyone was pregnant, I swear. Which meant there were pregnant girls on the cave trip. I had to make a rule that you could not go if you were over 5months because they couldn't do the crawling around and such. I was always terrified that something would happen down in the cave.

Middle school has less (not none, sadly) pregnant girls which is one of the reasons I might stick with it instead of high school! lol

Renewing certifications is not a big deal for me. I'm already doing it yearly for my teaching stuff. I don't know if teaching 8th grade counts for EMT continuing ed, though.

We are not staying out here in DC. I'm headed back to Ohio within 5 years.
 
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Emma said:
I don't know if teaching 8th grade counts for EMT continuing ed, though..
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It should considering that the Basic EMT level text is written at the 8th grade level. The paramedic text not much better at 10.
 
Emma said:
I was teaching high school in Ohio before we moved out here. It was fairly rural and conservative. Sex ed was non-existent. Everyone was pregnant, I swear. Which meant there were pregnant girls on the cave trip. I had to make a rule that you could not go if you were over 5months because they couldn't do the crawling around and such. I was always terrified that something would happen down in the cave.
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Well, if you deliver a teenager's baby in a cave during a field trip, I'm fairly certain there could be an MTV show in your future.
 
dixie_flatline said:
Well, if you deliver a teenager's baby in a cave during a field trip, I'm fairly certain there could be an MTV show in your future.
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Seriously, don't even talk about it. It might happen yet, teenagers are insane. :blink:

Well, I called around and classes are full up (or not for someone who is not part of some fire or EMS organization) around here. I'll have to wait until next winter to get in anything. How annoying after getting it all figured out.

Thank you guys for the advice, though! I appreciate it.
 
Emma said:
Seriously, don't even talk about it. It might happen yet, teenagers are insane. :blink:

Well, I called around and classes are full up (or not for someone who is not part of some fire or EMS organization) around here. I'll have to wait until next winter to get in anything. How annoying after getting it all figured out.

Thank you guys for the advice, though! I appreciate it.
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Did you try NOVA community college, they have an EMT program?

See under Allied Health
http://www.nvcc.edu/curcatalog/programs/index.htm#health
 
Sandog said:
Did you try NOVA community college, they have an EMT program?

See under Allied Health
http://www.nvcc.edu/curcatalog/programs/index.htm#health
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The problem is that she is looking at just the wrong time. Almost every EMT class that I am aware of for the Winter/Spring 2011 semester is already underway. There are occasionally some summer programs, but a lot of them are accelerated - which may or may not work depending on her teaching schedule and what she does with her summers.
 
dixie_flatline said:
The problem is that she is looking at just the wrong time. Almost every EMT class that I am aware of for the Winter/Spring 2011 semester is already underway. There are occasionally some summer programs, but a lot of them are accelerated - which may or may not work depending on her teaching schedule and what she does with her summers.
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Yes, that seems to be it. They've already started. What I am doing with my summer this year is getting married 9hrs away back in Ohio and then spending 3 weeks backpacking around Europe.

So, as interested as I am in all this now, it'll have to wait. :D

The kid who broke his arm trying to woo the girls on the next balcony over is now extremely pleased with himself because I told him he was the reason I was thinking about taking first aid classes. He's telling everyone he's a good influence. :rolleyes:
 
Emma said:
Yes, that seems to be it. They've already started. What I am doing with my summer this year is getting married 9hrs away back in Ohio and then spending 3 weeks backpacking around Europe.
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I'll be here till July and again in Aug. Stop by.
 
Well... There is nothing to stop you from doing a little self instruction in this area. You could grab a EMT book and read outside of a classroom. You would not have the hands on practice but you could still educate yourself well enough to make it worthwhile. Here is a link for the book I used in EMT class.

http://www.amazon.com/Prehospital-Emergency-Care-Joseph-Mistovich/dp/0135028094

Just a thought...
 
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