...When I was younger, I never considered becoming a teacher. Growing up, I loved animals, whether it was being around them, reading about them, or playing animal based games. Therefore, I wanted to be a veterinarian for several years. I would play vet with my stuffed animals, asked for vet themed books for my birthday, and would dress up in my vet “scrubs” from my play set. However, as I grew older I began to realize two things. First, the sight of blood in large quantities would make me feel nauseous. Secondly, I absolutely hated seeing any animal hurting and would always look away. Due to these factors, I realized that my personality was not suited to becoming a veterinarian. It was around this time that I also decided that I did not want to follow in my Dad’s footsteps and...
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...When I was younger I had owned 4 dogs, 3 cats, 2 hamsters, 2 lizards, and countless goldfish; let's just say I had an obsession with animals. As I got older this obsession never really changed, in fact it grew. My love for animals is stronger than ever and I could see even from my 7 year old point of view I would want to help animals when I was older. As I reached high school there began to be a tremendous amount of pressure of what we wanted to become when we were graduated. So I thought about it and researched options and a veterinarian really stuck out to me; helping, healing, and researching animals seemed perfect. Becoming a veterinarian however is a long road and takes lots of hard work. After researching it quite a bit and I found if...
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...research paper will discuss how interest and environment influenced my career decisions throughout the years. Become a Magician, Veterinarian, Psychologist and Accountant are some of various my career selections in the past 18 years. My early childhood career selection was to become a Magician. Why would I want to become a Magician? Because I read a book called “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and I was attracted by those fancy events. In the book, Mr. Wonka has the biggest candy factory in the world, and he can turn impossible things into possible situations. I always thought it would be great if I can have the same ability as him. My career decisions became more realistic while in Middle School and the High School. When I was in Middle School, I wanted to become a Veterinarian after I got my first puppy. I love dogs, and I want to make Veterinarian profession my future career. I found some information about Veterinarians in “Wiki Answers”, which indicates that “Veterinarian are required to study a Biology related major and must graduate with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from a 6 year program at an accredited college (http://wiki.answers.com). After I saw this reference website; I choose to abandon this career choice because Science is not my favor subject. After Middle School, in High School I decided that I want to become a Psychologist. I’ve always had an interest in listening to people and their problems. This career closely...
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...Did you know that veterinarians do not just help animals, they sometimes help humans as well? What got me interested in wanting to become a veterinarian is the way they treat and care for all of the animals that come into their facilities. Not only did the treatment and care interest me, but the part that played a big role was the training process that builds up to becoming a veterinarian. One would think that vets only help animals, but they do not. Not only do veterinarians tend to animals health but they sometimes contribute to helping human beings as well. A great amount of vets work with scientists and physicians to research how to treat and prevent the various health problems that humans have occur in their lifetime. For example, veterinarians...
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...the veterinarian. Vets are well-versed in the science of animal health, and they promote public health by identifying and preventing diseases, which some can be passed to humans as well. The variety of animals that a veterinarian will treat, and the animal’s inability to communicate symptoms, make the veterinarian profession more challenging than the practice of human medicine. “If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans” (Herriot, 233). Animals love with no...
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...Devyn R. Fowler Oct. 01, 2014 ENG 101 Becoming a Veterinarian Animals have been a major part of my life for as long as I could remember. Even as a baby, I was surrounded by all types of animals; dogs, cats, lizards, birds. Etc. The passion I have for animals inspired me to me to want to become a veterinarian. A veterinarian “is a person who is trained to give medical care and treatment to animals: an animal doctor” (Merriam-Webster). I can find no better career path for me then helping animals that are injured/in need of medical attention. If you weren’t aware, there are five main veterinarian jobs; livestock, companion, exotic, mixed, and lab animals. My interest lies only between two of the five jobs: livestock and companion. Knowing the differences and similarities between the two will help me better understand these jobs and also help me make a final decision on which specific career path to study. Livestock veterinarians specialize in exactly that, livestock animals (cows, horses, etc.). “Livestock veterinarians examine, diagnose, and treat individual livestock animals/herds” (DegreeDictionary.org). Another aspect would be treating animals that will be used for food. With that being said, a livestock veterinarian must “enforce food safety standards, check for transmittable diseases and quarantine animals as necessary” (DegreeDictionary.org). “Other duties include giving vaccinations and handing out medication...
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...Veterinarian There aren’t very many veterinarians around that want to work with big animals these days, like horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs. Last year 65.5% of all veterinary positions people choose companion and exclusive, that includes dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, and ferrets. Last year only 1.8% choose food animal exclusive. This includes pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, llamas, and alpacas. My family has two different vets that take care of our animals. One is a companion and exclusive vet the other is a companion and food animal exclusive. I thought it was amazing that my vet could work with both big and small animals. The general jobs of a Veterinarian are to Examine animals to diagnose their health problems, treat and dress wounds, perform surgery on animals, test for and vaccinate against diseases, operate medical equipment, such as x-ray machines, advise animal owners about general care, medical conditions, and treatments, prescribe medication, and Euthanize animals. Veterinarians treat the injuries and illnesses of pets and other animals with a variety of medical equipment, including surgical tools and x-ray and ultrasound machines. They provide treatment for animals that is like the services a...
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...career they want they are independent for what they choose nobody but themselves. My first career I would choose is dentistry, having my own clinic and fixing people’s teeth. My second choice of career would be to become a veterinarian that takes care of animals. My last choice I would say would be maybe a border patrol that secure the border and check for people. Even if I still don’t know what I really want to be when am older, these would be my top three choices for my career when I grow up. My first choice of career would be dentistry because my mom and dad are already dentists they make a really good amount...
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...Ever since I was a little girl I had dreams of becoming a veterinarian. I love animals and was 100% sure that what I wanted to do in life was help them. When I was a child I would pretend that I was a veterinarian and I would make my dog Blue be my patient. I would pretend that my room was a doctor's office and my bed was the table a veterinarian had. I would use my toy stethoscope and "listen" to his lungs and heart. I wrote notes on little papers and pretended to order different tests for him. Every time we had to take Blue to the veterinarians I would always ask my parents several questions of what they were doing to him and why. I wanted to know anything and everything about veterinarians that I could. One day I asked them, "Why does Blue...
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...I know that choosing a career is a very important decision. So the career I've chosen is a Veterinarian. Ever since i was 5 years old I have all ways loved animals and wanted to help them. I did most of my research on being a Veterinarian. I did this so I can prepare for college. The two most important things that I researched are the job description and benefits. I did research on being a Veterinarian in regards to the job description. Vets are doctors for pets, they treat sick or injured animals and do check ups too. The most common tasks are doing blood tests, examining animals , x-rays, and diagnosing illness. I want to help sick animals and find out what's wrong with them and save their life. When an animal gets sick or old they will euthanize them or put them down so they don't feel any more pain. I know that that wont be pleasant but i know that they don't feel anymore pain no more...
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...There was not any specific experience that made me want to be a vet tech, but I have known for many years now that I want to help people by working in medicine. Only within the past year or two have I considered becoming a vet tech so that I can work in medicine, help people, and work with and help better the lives of animals. Working with animals would be a huge plus. I have chosen to write about what it is like for a vet tech to work in a zoo (and hopefully other wildlife). I would love to make a career out of working with animals you would not normally see every day. There is not a particular species I am interested in focusing on yet, but wildlife (caged or not) and exotic pets seems more interesting than the typical small and large animals. It is long road ahead to become a vet tech and (perform specialty, or have the ability to) work in a zoo, but I am willing to make the commitment. The biggest challenge will be getting through...
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...“Where is your dog?” “Are you going to become a vet?” A skilled interrogator even at the age of five, my past self would be peppering me with questions before I had a chance to open my mouth. Back then, all I ever wanted in life was to have a dog, and to be a veterinarian. I still yearn for the former and she would be thrilled about that. However, I would have to explain to her that when I was 10, I saw a dog be bitten, and couldn’t stand the sight of it. That it was then when I realized that I couldn’t bear to see animals in pain, and therefore wouldn’t be able to become a veterinarian. Once she got over the shock of hearing that, she would be pleased that I am still going to end up helping people, as that was her current life goal as well. The 17 year old person my five year old self imagined would be well on her way to becoming the top veterinarian in America. She would be in high school, surrounded by her friends, doing what she loved. Outside of school she would do gymnastics, run and play on her guitar. She...
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...I have a dream….. to become a veterinarian. A veterinarian’s job is to take care of sick, injured, or animals that need to be checked on every day. They need skills such as management, decision making, and problem-solving. They also need to know their education requirements and know their work environment. The career of a veterinarian is perfect because I get a considerable amount of money, my skills with animals, I know my education requirements, what I need to work on. Firstly, I get a considerable amount of money. Even though I’m not doing this job only for the money, as of 2014, vets are paid $72,300 per year. That means if I was a vet for thirty years, I would have $2,169,000! That is a lot of money. When I become a vet, the payment will probably have gone up, so who knows how much money I will make. Secondly, I have great skills with animals. I have always wanted to help animals ever since we got our dog. It was nearly nine years ago when we got our dog. We had tried a large dog named Mary Ann, but she had an issue with my dad. We had to...
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...Mrs. Newton English 102 24 April 2007 The Facts of Life One widely spread allegory comes to mind when considering the unrelenting pet overpopulation problem. The tale is the story about a group of friends having a picnic on a riverbank. Suddenly, the group hears the sound of crying and looks up, shocked to see a baby floating helplessly in the river. They immediately dive in to rescue the drowning baby. To their horror, the group notices another baby floating towards them. They rush to save that baby, but no sooner is that baby pulled to safety; they see another baby floating. By this time a vicious cycle has started and soon the river is full of drowning babies. Again and again, the group dives into the river, trying to save the seemingly endless flow of drowning babies. One of the people gets out of the river and begins running upstream. A friend shouts “Where are you going?” “I’m going to find out who is throwing the babies into the river and make them stop!” the heroic man yells back, as he runs upstream. The homeless animal problem is very similar to this fable. Animal shelters and rescue groups try hard to save the homeless animals in the “river”. However, this will never solve the problem. Millions of dogs and cats are killed annually as the result of unwanted, unplanned litters that could have been prevented by spaying and neutering. According to the...
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...First Semester Back at College When I first decided to return to college for spring semester, I didn’t realize how difficult it would be. The last time I stepped foot on this campus was eight years ago and I didn’t have any responsibilities. I wasn’t a mom or a wife back then. I was 18 years old and full of ambition and the desire to make something of myself. But things changed once I met with my now ex-boyfriend Michael; he had money and owned an online marketing company. It was exciting to learn new things and Michael helped me create my own online marketing company. That seemed like an amazing feat at the age of 19. I didn’t have a care in the world or any desire to go back to college after seeing the amount of money I was making. Unfortunately, being young and not smart with my money, I blew it all on stupid stuff and lived in the moment I didn’t save any money or even think about my future. After three years of having my own online marketing company and working with Michael, we decided to merge our companies into a larger company, but that was a mistake. Michael had plenty of money but he turned to drugs and started to become violent towards me. Before I knew it, I had been with him for five years, through the good and the bad. Unfortunately, it became apparent that he wasn’t going to change when he became so physically and mentally abusive I had to leave him and our joint company behind. I had to start over and that wasn’t easy. I was 23 years old with no college education...
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