Turns out we started with 18; eight survived to take the written final. We won't know for weeks who passed that.
I actually can’t be 100% sure if I passed the written exam in spite of significant study because the course covers so much stuff. (What is the nighttime landing zone minimum for a UH-60 Blackhawk? Which of these is not one of the types of injuries you should be trying to prevent during rescue operations? What type of PFD is used in deep water shipping where long rescue times are expected? What parts should be lubricated on a boat trailer? Now for ethics…)
I never took a class in pursuing an academic degree that was a fifth this challenging. Not even our filter advanced logic course, Deductive Systems, because it didn’t require passing 26 practical exams showing that you could tie knots, swim against strong water, rig a high line to a boat and then successfully rescue people from it. You just had to do logic, and you had a semester instead of three weeks.
Should you ever meet these people in the course of your lives, show them some respect. They've earned it even if you haven't seen it.
2 comments:
Good work!
Sounds like a lot more than river rescue was covered.
It's good to see that in some sectors of our society, excellence is still demanded, and achieved. We've become so enamored of mediocrity as a society.
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