Personal Narrative: My Education Program At The Fire Science Academy

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My education plan at the Fire Science Academy is set for my degree in Fire Science with my EMT certification and my firefighting certification. First of all, all the classes I take are for my associates in science degree so I’m not taking extra courses this program is straight to the point. My classes thought the program are mostly all firefighting based courses except I have fifteen credit hours of core class like mathematics, English comprehension, and local and state government. The first semester I have two take twelve credit hours and the second semester I will be taking fifteen credit hours. The summer semester I will be in minimum standards which are firefighter’s one and two. When I come back from summer semester that Fall semester

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