I;d be willing to bet there was a lot more about fighting fires on that test than one might think (as well as some of the other subjects you mentioned). When you are in some kind of service like that, you really do need to know how to do the job of everyone underneath you.
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Judah McAuley<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: >> But the knee jerk reaction has always been to blame the test. All I >> am saying is that it does not make sense to me how a test on how to >> fight fires can, in anyway, be racially biased. I just don't see it. >> I am not arguing the merits of the law (which I think is stupid, but >> that is another thread). > > I'll also add that the test in question, I believe, was for becoming a > Lieutenant, not a new firefighter. So the test was not about "how to > put out fires" most likely but rather about more subjective things > like leadership, strategy, rules and procedures, etc. And as I said > before, I have not seen the test, so I don't know what all it looked > like. But it wasn't likely a test on how to fight fires. > > Jud > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299259 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
