AS vs AAS

[Stitching Belle]

Also partner. I always thought an Applies Science degree means just that. You apply hands on of what you're doing. Half my aviation school was classroom and half shop work. I guess through TESC you can do an applies science degree without ever touching anything enviromental, safty and security technology. I took some Fema courses, they talk about setting up tents and communications, bla bla bla.....all that doesn't do a hill of beans of good unless you actually practice and apply this stuff. It's a tactical command military type of style thing. You can't learn it all in the books. Maybe that AAS for Fema courses can get your foot in the door somewhere. Like our FAA license. We called it a "License to learn". Just because you have an A&P technicians license, don't mean you know squat. You learn it in the field. The license is to get you in the door to practice your priveledges.

Some of us have already done all the things that our FEMA classes 'taught', more than once. Depends on where you live, and what you've done in life. And to be honest, as much as I may wish (and pray) that I'll never need to do those things again, I'm pretty sure that there's at least one more major hurricane coming to the Gulf Coast before I leave this mortal coil.

At my age, no one is hiring me because of a degree. They may need me to have one just to check off a box on a form, but they are hiring me because of my past work experience and reputation.