Like all jobs, some adult edcuators have the aptitude and not the knowledge, others have the knowledge but not the aptitude. Its rare to find both. I've taken adult education classes from a wide variety of instructors. Some have a goal of leaving the classroom with all the students very impressed with how much the instructor knows that they do not. Others are more focused on actually imparting their knowledge or skills to their students.
There are bad instructors out there. There are those who pencil whip training figuring all EMTs will learn the 'real skills' in the field. There are those who feel class is their private forum for reliving their glory days and entertaining the newbies with war stories.
There are also wonderful instructors who are able to break down the skills into easily understandable parts. Working on practical skills, building muscle memory and critical thinking skills.
Bad EMTs will come out of both classrooms and so will good ones. Its pointless to say that crappy EMTs are the result of poor classes, instructors or educational standards. There are crappy employees in every single line of work. Some of them are employed as instructors. You just can't mandate a good work ethic or regulate away a drive to achieve mediocrity. There will always be systems desperate enough, cheap enough or in those high burn out locales that will assure employment for the crappy employee, regardless of profession.
