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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:15:08 AM EDT
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she can work to pay for school
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:15:30 AM EDT
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Kinda the point of GoFundMe... I don't get why people here make a big deal about them.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:23:42 AM EDT
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I just finished EMT basic. 2 semesters and $3,000 at the local community college. I start advanced in January. You guys should give me money instead. You got ripped off. One semester and $1100. Of course, I took it just for something to do evenings. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:26:47 AM EDT
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It's the cheapest around and I got a good background for future paramedic classes. I'll take that over a 2 week course any day. Tennessee's EMT program is more involved than most. They won't even give us a license unless we pass fisdap and national registry.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:28:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I just finished EMT basic. 2 semesters and $3,000 at the local community college. I start advanced in January. You guys should give me money instead. I'm on the GI bill and Hazelwood Act, so I don't have to pay for anything and I keep the money that the GI Bill gives me (~1600 /mo) You guys should pay me anyway. How was your Basic 2 semesters? Mine was only 1 ( 3 months) |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:31:29 AM EDT
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:31:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What happened to getting a freaking scholarship to pay for your school?  in effect, that is what she is doing |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:32:09 AM EDT
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Man, you guys don't miss ANYTHING on stuff people put out on the internet. I did not even SEE that tiny thing. (This is why I post no photos on Arfcom, you guys are SCARY. I can just imagine some the posters doing that CSI "enhance" and picking up all sorts of information I don't want out from various reflections off shiny surfaces and such. NOBODY needs to know how many dustbunnies I got under my couch. NOBODY.  )Quote HistoryQuoted:
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She has a kinda girly fella holding her hand in the smaller photo... Man, you guys don't miss ANYTHING on stuff people put out on the internet. I did not even SEE that tiny thing. (This is why I post no photos on Arfcom, you guys are SCARY. I can just imagine some the posters doing that CSI "enhance" and picking up all sorts of information I don't want out from various reflections off shiny surfaces and such. NOBODY needs to know how many dustbunnies I got under my couch. NOBODY. )I swept them while you were at work. Also, you're out of oj. P.S. You talk in your sleep. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:32:17 AM EDT
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Is it really that different from someone applying for a scholarship?
I mean what is applying for a scholarship? Going to people, saying "this is what I want to do and who I am" and asking them for money to pursue your education right? What the gofundme campaign she is doing does is allow you to directly donate to her rather than just tossing money into a scholarship fund that other people will award without your input. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:38:40 AM EDT
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If I want to pay for someone else's EMT school I'll just throw some money at my cousin. I'm so tired of these gofundme's for stuff that other people have been finding ways to finance for years and years and years. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:41:45 AM EDT
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What happened to getting a freaking scholarship to pay for your school? not many here for EMT programs Our local agency will pay for your classes(including Paramedic) if you stay with them for 2 years. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:48:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm on the GI bill and Hazelwood Act, so I don't have to pay for anything and I keep the money that the GI Bill gives me (~1600 /mo) You guys should pay me anyway. How was your Basic 2 semesters? Mine was only 1 ( 3 months) It was a little tougher than I expected. Most of it was reading through the book and power points in class the first semester. Plus a handful of tests over each chapter and definition tests. We had to memorize a bunch of medical abreviations and test for those each week. And studying for the 6 fisdaps. Which are scenario based so you have to know the ins and outs of medical and trauma. The second semester was all hands on learning skills and also studying for the 3 fisdaps and national registry. We had to get checked off on 25 different skills in front of the students and then a final checkoff for the teacher. Then we had to get checked off on one skill for the state board. You go in not knowing which skill they're going to test you on. After that you had to pass the final fisdap with an 80 and then take the national registry. If it wasn't for fisdap and national registry I probably would not have had to study except for learning abreviations. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:53:37 AM EDT
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So gofundme is turning into the internet equivalent of standing out by the highway off-ramp with a begging sign scribbled on cardboard? Only without all the hassle of standing around in the hot sun? This person has a job, but no desire or ability to plan, scrimp, and save for her dreams and goals (which are NOT heartbreakingly out of reach for a normal person, like some life-changing surgery costs are for children, etc.) and just wants US to throw OUR OWN HARD EARNED CASH AT HER???!!!!
We need an answer to gofundme...is there already a "gofuckyourself" website in existence? If not there should be. Back in the 50's there was this show Queen for a Day. I think it started in the 40's on radio. Anyway, these women would come on and tell their sob stories and the audience would applaud to choose the winner. They had the first instance of the GIVEAFUCKOMETER and they would put the camera on it for the TV audience. The more things change.................. 
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:55:36 AM EDT
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Fuck that. Get a job like the rest of us to pay for it. Or get a loan from a bank.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:00:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: so did i Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: you know what, this kid is trying. she has a goal and is working toward it. i don't have an issue with it. at least she is trying to better her position with a skill set that benefits her community. I see what you're saying and if people want to contribute, good for them...............but............... I was poor as shit and managed to pay for my paramedic program by working at night and going to school in the day. so did i |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:10:32 AM EDT
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you know what, this kid is trying. she has a goal and is working toward it. i don't have an issue with it. at least she is trying to better her position with a skill set that benefits her community. I see what you're saying and if people want to contribute, good for them...............but............... I was poor as shit and managed to pay for my paramedic program by working at night and going to school in the day. so did i She can work, to go to school. Almost everyone I work with or have worked, has had to. My daughter, is right now paying her own way through EMT school. wtf.... I'm tired of these kids. Stop asking for free shit & go work for your things. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:14:16 AM EDT
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I don't get it Why is a 14 yr old boy trying to go to EMT school?  It's Gabriel Iglesias when he was in middle school 
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:16:28 AM EDT
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This thread reminded me of something that I wanted to ask.
Why does it seem that so many females in the EMT world are big girls? |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:20:39 AM EDT
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If I want to pay for someone else's EMT school I'll just throw some money at my cousin. I'm so tired of these gofundme's for stuff that other people have been finding ways to finance for years and years and years. Quote HistoryQuoted:
If I want to pay for someone else's EMT school I'll just throw some money at my cousin. I'm so tired of these gofundme's for stuff that other people have been finding ways to finance for years and years and years. The cops are on their way, we didnt realize you were being held at gunpoint and being forced to donate. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:25:20 AM EDT
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Shit for $4,000 she might as well spend another 2 and go to paramedic school
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:32:42 AM EDT
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I worked part-time at a grocery store during EMT-Basic school, and got a little assistance from my parents. I worked full-time on a transfer ambulance during Paramedic school, and swapped shifts with another EMT whose classes were opposite mine.
When I went through fire academy, I worked a 48 hour shift every weekend on a 911 ambulance. It sucked, but I worked for it and can be proud of my accomplishments. I also rented a room in a crappy house in the ghetto and drove a 15 y/o POS truck at the same time.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:33:14 AM EDT
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you know what, this kid is trying. she has a goal and is working toward it. i don't have an issue with it. at least she is trying to better her position with a skill set that benefits her community. What does that have to do with anything? How dare someone ask for money for anything other than a horribly disabled kid, or an accident victim, in which case we'll suggest that the disabled kid should have just been aborted and the accident victim kid was at fault for being where the accident was going to happen. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:35:38 AM EDT
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I swept them while you were at work. Also, you're out of oj. P.S. You talk in your sleep. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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She has a kinda girly fella holding her hand in the smaller photo... Man, you guys don't miss ANYTHING on stuff people put out on the internet. I did not even SEE that tiny thing. (This is why I post no photos on Arfcom, you guys are SCARY. I can just imagine some the posters doing that CSI "enhance" and picking up all sorts of information I don't want out from various reflections off shiny surfaces and such. NOBODY needs to know how many dustbunnies I got under my couch. NOBODY. )I swept them while you were at work. Also, you're out of oj. P.S. You talk in your sleep. 
Like I said...you guys are good! |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:38:17 AM EDT
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She should join the National Guard and go 68W
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:39:08 AM EDT
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The cops are on their way, we didnt realize you were being held at gunpoint and being forced to donate. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If I want to pay for someone else's EMT school I'll just throw some money at my cousin. I'm so tired of these gofundme's for stuff that other people have been finding ways to finance for years and years and years. The cops are on their way, we didnt realize you were being held at gunpoint and being forced to donate. Finally! I thought rescue would never come. 
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:44:36 AM EDT
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I paid my way through EMT school, Fire Academy, college, and now a graduate program (with the help of financial aid). I want to go to paramedic school but you don't see me raising money. It's called saving and being responsible with your money.
This girl needs to get with the program. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 11:47:54 AM EDT
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I need a GoFundMe for a divorce lawyer. Think it would work?
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:17:07 PM EDT
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While I won't be donating, at least this is better than an old school mates kid asking for tattoo money. I had to bite my tongue hard not to say something to her.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:31:30 PM EDT
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I see what you're saying and if people want to contribute, good for them...............but............... I was poor as shit and managed to pay for my paramedic program by working at night and going to school in the day. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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you know what, this kid is trying. she has a goal and is working toward it. i don't have an issue with it. at least she is trying to better her position with a skill set that benefits her community. I see what you're saying and if people want to contribute, good for them...............but............... I was poor as shit and managed to pay for my paramedic program by working at night and going to school in the day. this. busting your ass and paying your dues is part of the process. for a year and a half i didn't have a life outside work and school. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:36:31 PM EDT
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Who wants to help me pay for my mortgage?
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:38:53 PM EDT
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I should set up a gofundme for ammo.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:41:37 PM EDT
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This thread reminded me of something that I wanted to ask. Why does it seem that so many females in the EMT world are big girls? Lifting tests. I wish I'd thought of this. I'm already a paramedic but I broke my hand last week and I'm out of work. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:50:07 PM EDT
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Kinda the point of GoFundMe... I don't get why people here make a big deal about them. This. The whole point is to ask for money. At least she is asking for money that would fund something productive. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 12:53:55 PM EDT
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She should just fund her education via internet porn like everyone else.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 2:00:09 PM EDT
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I paid for my emt class by working for it and im only 18! No shits given about her or her story
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Posted: 10/3/2014 2:42:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm on the GI bill and Hazelwood Act, so I don't have to pay for anything and I keep the money that the GI Bill gives me (~1600 /mo) You guys should pay me anyway. How was your Basic 2 semesters? Mine was only 1 ( 3 months) It was a little tougher than I expected. Most of it was reading through the book and power points in class the first semester. Plus a handful of tests over each chapter and definition tests. We had to memorize a bunch of medical abreviations and test for those each week. And studying for the 6 fisdaps. Which are scenario based so you have to know the ins and outs of medical and trauma. The second semester was all hands on learning skills and also studying for the 3 fisdaps and national registry. We had to get checked off on 25 different skills in front of the students and then a final checkoff for the teacher. Then we had to get checked off on one skill for the state board. You go in not knowing which skill they're going to test you on. After that you had to pass the final fisdap with an 80 and then take the national registry. If it wasn't for fisdap and national registry I probably would not have had to study except for learning abreviations. Every program in the country has to teach to the same DOT standards, so your 'rigorous' curriculum isn't any different than anyone else's; everyone does roughly the same clinical hours (2 shifts on a rig and not even a full nursing shift in an ED isn't exactly a lot... CNA students probably get more time practicing feeding people at SNFs), everyone has to do scenarios on the spot, no one knows the mystery module on skills day, majority of states require NR to initially certify or license you, etc. It sounds like your program injected several levels of BS by dragging it out and requiring high-stakes FISDAPs to inflate NREMT pass rates (and this is usually a corrective reaction to a high institutional fail rate... food for thought). Basic isn't that hard, so get it out of your head that your nationally standardized vocational training is superior because it cost 2-3x as much and took twice as long. |
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:22:04 PM EDT
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WTF are FISDAPs?
Never heard of such a thing until this thread.
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Posted: 10/3/2014 10:30:38 PM EDT
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Every program in the country has to teach to the same DOT standards, so your 'rigorous' curriculum isn't any different than anyone else's; everyone does roughly the same clinical hours (2 shifts on a rig and not even a full nursing shift in an ED isn't exactly a lot... CNA students probably get more time practicing feeding people at SNFs), everyone has to do scenarios on the spot, no one knows the mystery module on skills day, majority of states require NR to initially certify or license you, etc. It sounds like your program injected several levels of BS by dragging it out and requiring high-stakes FISDAPs to inflate NREMT pass rates (and this is usually a corrective reaction to a high institutional fail rate... food for thought). Basic isn't that hard, so get it out of your head that your nationally standardized vocational training is superior because it cost 2-3x as much and took twice as long. 2 shifts on a rig and 1 er shift? WTF i had 60 hrs just in the ER for basic for alabama state. <long before NREMT> jmho but basic should be taught as a required course in high school. |
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