Sunday, May 16, 2010

Emergency Equine Rescue Course Available

Horses fall into wells, pools and canyons, get legs stuck in low tree branches and can be trapped in barn fires and trailer accidents. If there is a way for a horse to become entrapped or injured, he’ll find it.

So, knowing what to do and how to do it may just save your horse’s life!

The best chance a horse has for survival is when someone who understands large animal rescue is there to help. And that someone may just be you.

Equine Safety and Rescue is www.HorseCoursesOnline.com’s newest equine study course. Michelle S. Staples, a horse safety specialist and author of Save Your Horse!—A Horse Owner’s Guide to Large Animal Rescue is the instructor for the seven-lesson course designed for any horse lover interested in being prepared for equine emergencies and learning to remove a horse from a life-threatening accident.

Equine Safety and Rescue teaches basic skills needed to ensure a horse gets the best and safest help possible, and examines in detail the two most dangerous areas – transporting horses in trailers and barn fires. In addition, the student will learn the correct protocol for dealing with emergency responders, most of whom will not have experience handling horses.

“It’s amazing how few fire fighters and police officers actually know how to handle a horse,” says Staples, “let along how to handle one that is entrapped and in need of emergency rescue.”

In addition to understanding what large animal rescue is and is not, the student will be prepared to interact with local emergency responders in an emergency and help them establish safe horse handling protocol.

Other lessons include safety at the scene of an accident, getting the horse out of trouble, barn fire safety, trailering safety and how to tie emergency harness and halters.

“It is unfortunate for horses that too few horse lovers actually know rescue procedures,” says Staples. “Students of Equine Safety and Rescue not only may save their horse’s life, but they can be instrumental in helping emergency responders gain the training they need to become effective and safe horse “life savers.”

For complete information on the course, visit www.horsecoursesonline.com and click on the course title: Equine Safety and Rescue.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Education Needs to Get Modern

The number one problem with our education system is that it is mandatory.

The idea of "no child left behind" is a major reason we don't get modern and improve our educational system, but continue to "dumb it down" to meet "traditional, old school" thinking.

Spending more money has never made our educational programs better, yet every year the government spends more and more, and the level of education goes down. We keep doing the same thing and expecting to get a different result.

We need to change traditional thought from "mandatory" education to "opportunity" education.

We need to spend less "forcing" education on those who will not accept it, and use the money to provide education to those who want it.

We need a system which says: every person, young and old, shall be given the opportunity to learn, to earn a high school diploma, to earn a college degree, or to take advanced studies.

We have thousands and thousands of very very smart young people. They need opportunity.

Any one who wants to go to school should have the opportunity...and we should spend money to see to it that that student gets the education he or she is willing to work to achieve. And let them choose what to study: There are at least 10 intelligences that we know of...communication skills and math are not the "only" measures of a person's abilities. Music is an intelligence, athletic ability is an intelligence, consider entrepenural and salesmanship skills. Give anyone who wants to follow his or her passion the opportunity...they don't need to know the multiplcation tables..they need to know where to find a calculator.

We have thousands and thousands of persons who don't want "schooling" and we should not be "forcing them into an educational system they don't want to be in".

If a kid doesn't want to go to school, get him or her out of the school. Eliminate the discipline problems, stop the learning disruptions caused by persons who don't want to be there. Allow teachers to work with the students who want to learn instead of spending a great portion of their time keeping students in the seats so the district can college average daily attendance funds.

And don't tell me we have to keep these students in school or they will be a burden on society...horse feathers...in most cases they'll end up being less of a burden because they'll find something they like to do and they'll do it...and very possible be extremely successful. If not, they won't be any more of a burden than they already are.