by Rock Gibbs
Students walked into a familiar classroom after lunch on the fifth of January in the year of 2022. The difference today was that, to most of the students in the room, the class was a brand new one. First Responder had returned to the elective list at Ouray High School and members of the student body from sophomores to seniors were in attendance.
The teacher of the class was a face known to most everyone in the room, yet an introduction was made anyway. Glen Boyd returned as instructor after almost three years of not being able to teach it. One of the first things that Glen did was take an impromptu survey of the reasons for people being in attendance.
Sophomore Roman Sackman stated that first responder education is “a very important skill to have,” and his sentiment was echoed by the others in the class.
There were two returning students who had taken the class their freshman year: River Manley and Hayden Hart. When asked about his reason for retaking the class, Hayden responded that he enjoyed “being able to help pass on a little bit of what he had learned before.” Hart also commented that “learning from Glen is always a fun experience,” which he “wanted to have again.”
Manley had similar motivations for retaking the class. She remembers taking the class before and that “it was her favorite class she had ever taken.” Manley also explained that her older brother Scout had also taken the class his freshman and senior years so she wanted to “try and recreate what he had done.”
Scout Manley graduated from Ouray school in 2018 and is currently in the process of becoming a paramedic in Kansas City. Scout responded by email to the question of whether or not his high school experience affected his current career path: “Very much so.”
The teacher of the class was a face known to most everyone in the room, yet an introduction was made anyway. Glen Boyd returned as instructor after almost three years of not being able to teach it. One of the first things that Glen did was take an impromptu survey of the reasons for people being in attendance.
Sophomore Roman Sackman stated that first responder education is “a very important skill to have,” and his sentiment was echoed by the others in the class.
There were two returning students who had taken the class their freshman year: River Manley and Hayden Hart. When asked about his reason for retaking the class, Hayden responded that he enjoyed “being able to help pass on a little bit of what he had learned before.” Hart also commented that “learning from Glen is always a fun experience,” which he “wanted to have again.”
Manley had similar motivations for retaking the class. She remembers taking the class before and that “it was her favorite class she had ever taken.” Manley also explained that her older brother Scout had also taken the class his freshman and senior years so she wanted to “try and recreate what he had done.”
Scout Manley graduated from Ouray school in 2018 and is currently in the process of becoming a paramedic in Kansas City. Scout responded by email to the question of whether or not his high school experience affected his current career path: “Very much so.”