I've been in the shoes of Sir Duke and the others who get pissed when AK, Dust, let me sleep, etc "bash" basics intermediates, vollies, what have you. I got pissed, complained, what have you. But then I finally pulled my head out of my ass and realized what they were saying. And I've learned a lot from it. I am still a basic, but I am returning to school in July to get my paramedic. Why? Because I love EMS. I want it to be my profession. And I want to do whatever it takes to make the profession as a whole grow. I don't want to be part of the reason why it is held back.
I think if those of you who get offended by the as they are being referred "paragods" would take some time, listen to them, take what they say as constructive ccritisim and learn. Those want EMS as a profession to grow. They want what is best for it. They want educated people, because lets face it, this stuff isn't easy, and it's not for everyone. You need education, I will fight for education until I am blue in the face. And I will fight to help this profession grow until I can't possibly fight anymore.
I don't know what the rest of you may think, or what you are doing to better yourself or the profession. But I know I personally am going to do everything that I possibly can to better myself that way I can help better this.
On that note, I want to thank Dust and AK, they've helped me through a lot of this stuff. Though at first I didn't realize it. I've learned a lot from you two. Thank you.