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Christian, parent and loves the USA!! NO dms.

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@JimHHartsell I am so sorry 😢

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@BadgedPatriot Was she blonde ?

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@BadgedPatriot Everyday!

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨#BREAKING: Outrage is erupting after a 22-year-old who runs into BURNING BUILDINGS as a volunteer firefighter was told he isn't qualified to be a paid firefighter...

...because he was HOMESCHOOLED.

Then the city changed the job posting to cover it up.

His name is Andrew Coates. He's 22 years old, in Nebraska.

Right now, today, he runs into burning buildings as a volunteer firefighter for Cedar Bluffs Fire. He is a state-licensed EMT.

He is doing the job. For free.

All he wanted was to get PAID to do it. In his words: "Make a career out of it would be the goal. To get paid to do what you love."

So he applied to the Fremont Fire Department.

And in April, the city rejected him. Why?

Because his high school diploma says he was homeschooled.

That's it. That's the whole disqualification.

Not his EMT license.
Not his fitness.
Not his record.
Not his experience pulling people out of fires ALREADY!!

...how he was educated.

The job posting he applied to said "graduation from high school."

That's all it said.
He graduated high school.
He has a diploma.

And AFTER they rejected him, the city went back and added the word "accredited" to the job description.

His own fire chief, the man who has watched Andrew work, showed up to defend him:

"I feel the city of Fremont is really missing out here, and in my mind, because of his homeschooling, you guys are discriminating against him."

Over THIRTY homeschool families showed up to stand behind this kid.

And the Civil Service Commission? They said it isn't their job to touch city policy.

Homeschoolers are literally a generation of kids who read ABOVE grade level, who work with their HANDS, who volunteer in their communities, who show up for their neighbors.

And this young man is the proof.

At 22, he's a certified EMT and a volunteer firefighter, while plenty of his peers are on a couch.

When your house is on fire at 3 a.m., I promise you will not ask the man dragging your children out where he went to high school.

You will not ask if his diploma was accredited.

You will thank GOD he came.

Andrew isn't even fighting for himself anymore. His words:

"I think now it's turned into we want to make sure that every homeschooler has an equal opportunity."

That's a better man than the policy that rejected him.

Fremont, you have a licensed EMT and an active firefighter begging to serve your city. And you turned him down over paperwork, then rewrote the paperwork to cover it.

Fix this.

Hire him!!!!!!!

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@PaulGoldEagle Does that mean Randi Winegarten is unemployed?

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@ThrillaRilla369 Mine was a gas station but close enough !

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@catturd2 I would have sworn you were older than me ! Rough life ?!? 🤣
Just kidding. Happy birthday 🎂

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@AntitankRound I’m so sorry.

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@VitaeArcanum Happy birthday 🎁

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@AbeNormal93 Keep going ! My mom di*d a slow and painful death related to smoking most of her life. Congratulations 🎈

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@Arkypatriot Too home “wreck” too. I did well on cooking but the sewing wasn’t my forte ! Seems we all had to wear our creations on the same day. We all laughed at each other in the hallways. Except for the few that could actually sew !

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@BBIC0N Ready for duty!

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@japan_nobunaga I am retired and the children grown with families of their own. I have friends, volunteer my time and money, do yard work while keeping a lovely home. I’d do it all again ! Love my life and family

[Derrick Evans @DerrickEvans4WV]

Incredible story.

A 2 year old boy was kidnapped. A trucker noticed the vehicle from an amber alert.

A group of truckers surrounded the car on the interstate and slowed down so police could rescue the little boy.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

Remembering the late, great Dolly, who brought joy, comfort and inspiration to so many - including the millions of children given free books through her Imagination Library. We will always ❤️ you.

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@abbythelibb_ She eats enough to make it that many hours. God is good !

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@LinCooke347547 I am so sorry for your loss !

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

There was a stork whose mate passed away during nesting season. Unable to leave her eggs for long, she began going hungry.

Local residents started feeding her fish with a long pole so she could continue incubating her eggs. This happened in Vinnytsia

[Clown World ™ 🤡 @ClownWorld]

The irony here is pretty hard to ignore. Millions of Americans can’t afford to miss a paycheck when they get sick, but members of Congress can be gone for months and still collect their full salary.

Forget politics for a second. Why do the people making the rules get protections and benefits that millions of the people paying their salaries don’t?