Personal Narrative: A Career As A Veterinarian Technician

Ever since the fourth grade, my mind was set on becoming a veterinarian. In middle school, I created a business plan to have my clinical practice connected to a pet shop. During high school, I began volunteering at Arch Creek Animal Clinic to gain hands-on experience. As a first-generation Latina, I have pushed myself to achieve the life that my parents were unable to attain. My father came with a goal in mind. That his future children wouldn’t have to go through the life that he had, waking up at five in the morning and carrying slabs of meat around, because he was the son of a butcher. My mother came to New York in my grandmother’s womb, and she hopes her children get an education and enter a career that will not only support us financially,

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The first day of my sophomore year put a halt in my previous plans to go to school to become a veterinarian. Every two years in my small high school, our Spanish teacher puts together a trip through EF Tours to one of the many countries in our world. That year she had decided that Belize was the destination. Although I didn’t have a clue where the country was, I added my name to the list and six short months later I had arrived in the Central American country. It wasn’t anything like I had expected. Apart from the humidity there was immense poverty evident in each town we went, which was also shown in the school’s that we visited. In that moment, a switch flipped in my head and I knew I wanted to do something to change that. By giving me this

In every frustrating situation, whether big or small, there is always hope. One can always find beauty in what others find worthless. By God’s grace, I have been blessed with this gift. I am able to appreciate what others find unappealing, and love those whom others deem undesirable. My positivity and optimism have the potential to brighten the world and bring light to others’ days. Through my career as a veterinarian, I will be able to directly touch my community and their animals, and will be able to love and show mercy to all of my clients and everyone I meet.

Pets have always been a big part of my family for a while; specifically full breed pit bulls. Having these pets inspired me to take on the career of a Veterinarian. I have known what I wanted my career to be since the fourth grade. Then while exploring different occupations, I begin to make presumptions about what I want to be in life. However, that quickly changed once I experienced one of the most impressionable moments of my life. In late 2012, early 2013, my parents announced to my siblings and I that they were getting a divorce. That by itself was a life changing event, and during that time we had two pit bulls named Animal and Hawk. Since my parents settled on a divorce, we had to sell the house and they split up. Neither my dad nor my

One career I have thought seriously about is being a veterinarian. The most important factor is working at a job that interests me. Other factors I have thought about are things like salary, location, and work values. Three careers I am considering are a veterinarian, zoologist and wildlife biologist, and an animal scientist. One feature that stands out for each job is working with and studying animals.

My dream career, since I was a little girl, was to become a veterinarian. I have always dreamed of helping animals by searching them lovely homes with caring owners. In the summer of 2015 I was given the opportunity of traveling to Boston to attend the, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, at Tufts University. I was eligible to experience a one-on-one interaction with many different kind of animals. I was able to gain an amazing insight into the day-to-day life of a running a veterinary practice and being a veterinary surgeon. I witnessed an operation on a dog’s leg and another dog getting put in the MRI for cancer treatment. In those two weeks, I interacted with various small, and exotic animals. I observed how vets handle emergencies, treatments, and surgeries. I also took an anatomy class during which I dissected a cat and a dog.

If you love animals and you want to help animals then a veterinarian may be the job for you.A veterinarian is a doctor for animals. A veterinarian is a person qualified to treat animals. Admission into a veterinarian program is very competitive, and fewer than half of all applicants were accepted back in 2012. This is about what it is to be a veterinarian, how to become a veterinarian and the benefits of being a veterinarian.

My parents have always told me to follow my dreams, for it will make me happy and lead me to success. The phrase my parents always told me seems to have a loop hole. Being a veterinarian or a veterinary technician is not all fun and games; it can really put a hole in a student's pocket. It does cause happiness and success when getting to save and improve the health of animals, but it does not improve a student’s college debt. Today, many veterinary students have said that it is not worth going to veterinary school, and many animal science majors have a hard decision in determining if vet school is the right choice for them due to the financial burden it comes with.

Fortunately, during my time in undergrad I learned how to time manage well. I learned what I could ask of myself and what I could realistically get done. During undergrad I balanced school, work, home, club involvement and social involvement. During that time, I learned how to say no to things I couldn’t take on and how to effectively plan my time by importance. So far that experience has helped me tremendously with the start of veterinary school. I knew coming into veterinary school that it would take up a lot of my time and I was able to prioritize from that. I manage task efficiently by looking ahead slightly and prioritizing what tasks need to be done first. My ultimate goal is to be prepared at least a day before a task is due. This may

As a veterinarian, I would like to work in a small or mixed animal general practice. Most of my veterinary experience has been shadowing at small, doctor owned, general practice clinics, and in this environment, no two days are the same. This offers a nice sense of variety, and allows the doctor to create a relationship with the patients. I worked as a pharmacy technician for several years, and during that time enjoyed becoming acquainted with the regular customers, getting to know their history, and providing more personalized care. As a veterinarian, I would like to work in a setting where I could apply that same personalized care to my patients. In a small, general practice setting I could create a stronger doctor-patient-owner relationship,

Once upon a time a girl was walking down the street when suddenly she saw a pigeon that shone because it was very white and pretty was in the middle of the street, the pigeon moved its wings but could not fly. The girl approached and grabbed it carefully, when suddenly I saw one of its wings was bleeding, the dove was hurt and did not have enough strength to fly. Since she was younger, her dream had been to be a veterinarian. He took the dove to his house and told his parents about it. The girl was responsible for feeding the dove every day, was very happy because she cared for the pigeon and felt that the desire to want to be a veterinarian grew more and more. Three weeks passed and apparently the pigeon was already completely healthy and

Veterinarians have to work with injured and sick animals. If one wants to become a veterinarian, one must have lots of patience and experience. To start out, you must have a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree and, though not always necessary, a bachelor’s degree. Many seekers must spend years studying subjects such as science, biology, anatomy, chemistry, zoology, etc. Fewer than half of those who apply may be accepted into class, due to very competitive admission.

From childhood through my beginning years of high school, I set myself to become a veterinarian for my future career. I had no other intention of exploring any other option. This mindset developed as growing up I was not able to keep house pets due to unfortunate condominium rules made by my stingy neighbors, and in order to fill the loss of furry companionship, I felt that becoming a veterinarian was the only way I would be able to work with animals. One day in my 10th grade chemistry course I was calculating the amount of moles of an unknown substance when I finally realized that science was not a strong passion of mine, and I would not be able to stand all seven years of it in college. My empire of a plan to be an animal doctor collapsed

This project was my compass when I needed one most. This past year I have doubted everything I knew about myself. Recently, for some unknown reason, I no longer felt motivated to follow my childhood dream of becoming a Veterinarian. Ever since I was a little girl I wanted to become a Veterinarian. I believed all signs pointed me to work with animals. For example, years after I’ve been telling my mom what I wanted to become she confessed she wanted to be the same thing as me. But she left her dreams in the wind for a man whom she believed at the time would be hers forever. This gave me even more belief I figured it all out because I was an ‘oops’ baby. From this information I gathered that was my sole purpose of being on this earth. I told everyone who would listen I was going to be a Veterinarian no matter what. In return, I always heard, “Oh you must go to A&M – it is the best school for what you want to do!” So that was my dream until this project.