Jackson students teach Spanish to firefighters, paramedics

This is an excellent idea. The first responders learn some Spanish that is very specific to their situations and the high school students get good practice too. - - Donna Poisl

By Benjamin Duer, CantonRep.com staff report

JACKSON TWP. — Sirens scream. Horns blare.

An ambulance races down the street responding to an emergency call that has left a man lying in pain.

The man cries: “¡Ay, me duele la cabeza!”

Huh?

It’s a foreign language — Spanish.

It’s enough to stop a paramedic in his or her tracks trying to decipher what the injured man has said.

And what he said was this: “Ouch! My head hurts!”

Jackson firefighters and paramedics hope they can break the language barrier with free Spanish lessons taught by local high school students.
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