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whocares123
2008-04-06, 22:37
i wanted to be a paramedic (or EMT, i think the teriminology refers to different jobs in areas outside the US). sounds exciting/rewarding. but they only make like $30,000 a year. still kind of appeals to me, but i'm already two years in at a 4 year university. feels like i can't quit now, and i'd probably regret it anyway.

still, part of me wishes i had just stayed home, got an associates or whatever, and went that route.

what about you guys?

hedonist
2008-04-07, 01:24
no. work=being someone's bitch.

ibetyouvotenexttimehippy
2008-04-08, 10:07
How can you confuse the name?

Para - Latin - past, beyond
Medic - Medical

So, someone who specalises in medicine who travels. In Australia it is the guys who are in the back of the an ambulence or a medic in the military.

I wanted to be a cop when I was younger : /

- ♫.i.b.y.v.n.t.h.♫

whocares123
2008-04-08, 18:42
How can you confuse the name?

Para - Latin - past, beyond
Medic - Medical

So, someone who specalises in medicine who travels. In Australia it is the guys who are in the back of the an ambulence or a medic in the military.

I wanted to be a cop when I was younger : /

- ♫.i.b.y.v.n.t.h.♫

i've read that paramedic and EMT are different jobs in some countries. in the US it usually refers to the same thing.

Euda
2008-04-09, 04:27
Baker.

Entheogenic
2008-04-09, 08:25
Graduate student.


...oh wait.


Damn.


Entheogenic

napoleon_complex
2008-04-09, 19:29
i wanted to be a paramedic (or EMT, i think the teriminology refers to different jobs in areas outside the US). sounds exciting/rewarding. but they only make like $30,000 a year. still kind of appeals to me, but i'm already two years in at a 4 year university. feels like i can't quit now, and i'd probably regret it anyway.

still, part of me wishes i had just stayed home, got an associates or whatever, and went that route.

what about you guys?

I thought you were only a freshman at Ohio State?

whocares123
2008-04-09, 19:37
I thought you were only a freshman at Ohio State?

i have a years worth of credit from my senior year in high school. i'll have 92 credits at the end of this year, making me technically a junior in the fall, and a sophomore right now.

Jive Talka
2008-04-09, 20:29
Recording Engineer

napoleon_complex
2008-04-10, 07:06
i have a years worth of credit from my senior year in high school. i'll have 92 credits at the end of this year, making me technically a junior in the fall, and a sophomore right now.

Since you've changed your major already, you're probably looking at the same amount of time left as other freshmen, no?

Solidus
2008-04-10, 17:20
Programmer. Ugh.

whocares123
2008-04-10, 17:21
Since you've changed your major already, you're probably looking at the same amount of time left as other freshmen, no?

i haven't officially declared a major yet. i've only changed my major in my head a million times.