This internship has been really fun and I don't want to leave. This internship had taught me so much about the world of fire fighting, and what it takes do be a fire fighter. But most importantly I have been taught and lectured about the fire field and how I should approach it using a college path. Most of these guys that are younger have not gone to college and they just went into the fire academy, and got their paramedic and EMT license. Almost all of them told me not to do that, the reason is because they don't a a degree in anything. You can't do anything else if you don't have a degree, so lets say you get hurt and you can no longer be a firefighter, you would have no where to go, and that would be a big problem. So all of them told me to get my degree first and focus on your life go out and have fun, the reason they told me that was because once your a fire fighter, you have to settle into being a fire fighter and nothing else "this job is like am anchor" one of them said. So basically yes this internship gave me a very good in site on what I would want to do after high school and past college. Yes I still want to be a fire fighter, and i'm definitely going to go to college and have fun and explore and really get to know who I am before I settle into the fire field. I first plan on going to a community college and getting my AA degree in fire science, and at the same time attend a 4 year university and get my bachelors degree in either criminal justice or public safety. Then I want to go out into the world and go explore it and who I truly am. Then when Im done having fun around the world and experiencing new things, Im going too get my EMT and paramedics license, then apply to work as a paramedic on the ambulance with the Escondido Fire Department. Once I have done that I will finally join the fire academy and become a fire fighter paramedic. Then I will slowly work my way up the "ladder" and retire as a Fire Capitan, or a Battalion Chief.