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Dwayne is right... There's a lot of great threads on the City. All City Members are educated and experienced in their own regard. The discussions can get really heated. However, it can be fun and annoying at the same time. I've only been on the site for several months and many of these members I may disagree with but they do open my eyes to another perspective.... Welcome and safe Holidays....

I see the correlation, if you think you are going to work in a prison as a nurse, then criminology courses are appropriate even though not required by the Nursing School, just as A&P is related to EMTB, but not required by the school. Mike, if you are talking about enrichment of the individual then you are right, all education is a good thing. But when it comes to real-life career advice, in this economy, I think you have to be more pragmatic. If I were 18 and your daughter, would you recommend that I look at residential construction or real estate sales as a career right now ? Yes, taking a real estate course may make me smarter about home sales, but it would not be a wise career move. I don't think most of the posters are saying education is a bad thing or that it is not necessary, I think they are just saying that NOW is not the time for her to take the class.

Unfortunately Ruff, I think you just made the case for the other two by disclosing your history. Imagine when you were THINKING of becoming a cop, and you went to "copcity.com" and asked for advice, and someone told you that if you are going to get into law enforcement, you have to have a masters in criminology, and you did that. Years later, and a few job transitions, it is obvious that some IT courses would have been better than those criminology courses. The criminology courses have absolutely no use to you in the IT field. And whoever said EMTB is the foundation of EMS ---- sorry, nowhere close. EMTB is a bandaid that was forced on our industry so Fire Departments could get in EMS at the lowest cost possible. It is an abomination to our industry. It would be like creating a course to become a Doctor that is one year in length, because there are not enough Doctors.

Good grief. The grammer, the spelling, the punctuation. I'm dumber for having read that post. #-o 'zilla

first of all i really don't care i am not not english teacher second my spelling and grammar doesn't effect any of the jobs i do you can sit back in the rear while people like me were up front in the theater and doctors are the last to talk about writing have you ever read some of there writing ya my writing sux but i am able to fight fire treat my pt's and i was able to support and defend my country any one with a problem with that i will challenge you to any of my skills i am sorry i suc at grammar and spelling but i have had a head injury and a torn acl defending my beloved country so buzz off

I have handled firearms all my life and with that knowledge I know that I do not want to be armed in a tactical situation. Its is more then firearm skills, If you don't train for the use of lethal force then you should not go into the field prepared with it. Kinda like going out on a medical call after watching "House". That being said on a call last week while examining a customer her dog bit me in the top of the head. I managed the event fine but I am thinking of carrying pepper spray, maybe one of those gelled ones.