Interview with Colleen

For the dis line, I chose to hearing my good friend Colleen. I chose to Interview her because we became great friends during the fall of 2009 during an MET class at Greenfield fraternity College. The interview took place on February 1 1, 2009 after school at the Greenfield Community College library. I asked her several questions around her life and goals, and I conditioned umteen interesting facts most(predicate) her Growing up she began to have a passion for on the job(p) with horses. At the age of eight, she began taking pealing lessons and hasnt permit that passion die. Enjoy equitation and feeling the movement of the horse beneath me. When I ride, I feel homogeneous nada can touch me its more thanover me and my horse. Being homesteaded let her explore divergent passions she had. It gave her extra cartridge holder to spend study farm management at a local farm, also allowing her to engross her evolution passion for taking into custody medical care. p commode of ground In high school she joined her local ardour de trigger offments Junior department. I ground that I had a parcel to splay joining the Northfield Jar.Program, I was about to embark Into a field thats considered a male dominant field ND me being a female, I had more to prove to my fellow parentfighters. Colleen knew at a young age that she cute to comprise in her grandfathers footsteps and become a reliever. When asked how her family feels about her elect flight she stated, My family doesnt accept my chosen career path. They dont understand wherefore their petite girl would want to run into a tan building when others are raceway out. I asked Colleen how she felt about this, Its something that eve come to accept with my family.Thought-out life my parents neer really supported me In every of my decisions that Ive made, I just take it with a grain of salt and do whats trump for me. An example of how her parents dont support her decision in the fire service is recently she learned of Wild Fire Course in Languorous, Mass that after finish this course she would have attained her hot fire red card, which would enable her to be part of the Massachusetts Wild Fire ring which travels to California and many other Hesperian states during the summer to help fight the sick fires.When she asked her get if she could visualise this class her mother replied, There is no way in hell Im expiration to let my miss travel to California and fight wild fires, I dont support you being on the fire department as is and you should be happy that youre on the local fire department, that should be go enough for you. Colleen wants nothing more than to further her training and skills in the fire service and with her parents holding her back, she wonders If she go out ever get the chance. Colleen Is currently restless In academics and beginning her career.Colleen Is currently a part- while student at Greenfield Community College majoring in Fire Science en gineering with a minor in soupcon medical examination Services. She is looking forward to finis her associates degree and advancing her career as a Firefighter and an Emergency Medical Technician. In April of 2009, Colleen achieved her goal of bonnie a certified Massachusetts Eve wanted since I cant remember when. Every period my pager goes off call, I pacify rule it hard to believe that when I step out that door, Im the difference mingled with that errors who called 911 living or dying and to me thats a feeling that I dont think Ill never get use to. Going though the MET basic class Colleen some generation found herself questioning her career path she had chosen. She would find herself second guessing herself and wondering why she went down this road. She wanted to at times drop the class, but she knew that it would only prove to others that they were right and that she didnt belong in the manly male dominate field of emergency medicine. She would have dropped the class if it wasnt for her current fop a allow met/if, telling her dont find out to what others have to say, I know that youre going to make a great met/if and dont let anyone else tell you differently.With the backing of her boyfriend, Colleen went on to achieving and sightly a Massachusetts MET-Basic. After completing her associates degree at ICC, Colleen hopes to actively pursue and find a full time Job as a firefighter/met. Eventually going on and act her Emergency Medical career and beseeming a paramedical. After graduation Colleen would deal to find a full time Job as a paramedic/ airfreight for a local fire department. At some point Colleen would like to attend the Massachusetts Fire Academy in Stow, Massachusetts.After talking and interviewing Ryan Eve learned that shes not your typical kind of girl. Most guys I know wouldnt run into a burning building as others are running out. I have a lot of respect for her pursuing a career that is male dominate. With Ryan can do locatin g I know that shell one solar day reach her ultimate goal of becoming a paramedic. I wish him the trump of luck wherever him career in emergency medicine and becoming a firefight