This Week
Wow, this week has been something. It seems this week has revolved around nothing but the IB program and it really has changed the way I've been thinking about, pretty much everything. Its completely shifted my focus, in high school it seems students (including me) can lose focus of whats important, whether its drama going on between classmates or even simple things like what show your watching when you get home; it's all a distraction. This week no matter what I do I ask myself this question "will it help you prepare for college?" Asking myself this has allowed me to reframe from things I might want to do and instead focus on things that are more important.
Wow, this week has been something. It seems this week has revolved around nothing but the IB program and it really has changed the way I've been thinking about, pretty much everything. Its completely shifted my focus, in high school it seems students (including me) can lose focus of whats important, whether its drama going on between classmates or even simple things like what show your watching when you get home; it's all a distraction. This week no matter what I do I ask myself this question "will it help you prepare for college?" Asking myself this has allowed me to reframe from things I might want to do and instead focus on things that are more important.
After College or During
So I would love to complete an internship, which is temporary work for a selected amount of time that is usually used to seek experience. I would really like to complete the internship that Disney's Animal Kingdom offers. It would be such a great and rare opportunity to gain experience working with rare animals such as sumatran tigers, black rhinos, and okapis. I've always considered specializing with exotic animals and an opportunity like that might give me an indication if I would even like doing it before I get a degree and I have to do it every day.
Another thing that I'm interested in doing before I start my work at a veterinary institute is working as a veterinary technician. It's basically the veterinarians assistant, its like the nurse of the vet world. I'm really nervous about coming out of college and freaking out once I'm in the work place. Being a vet tech I'll be able to adjust better without it being such a shock.
So I would love to complete an internship, which is temporary work for a selected amount of time that is usually used to seek experience. I would really like to complete the internship that Disney's Animal Kingdom offers. It would be such a great and rare opportunity to gain experience working with rare animals such as sumatran tigers, black rhinos, and okapis. I've always considered specializing with exotic animals and an opportunity like that might give me an indication if I would even like doing it before I get a degree and I have to do it every day.
Another thing that I'm interested in doing before I start my work at a veterinary institute is working as a veterinary technician. It's basically the veterinarians assistant, its like the nurse of the vet world. I'm really nervous about coming out of college and freaking out once I'm in the work place. Being a vet tech I'll be able to adjust better without it being such a shock.
Personal Goals
Besides going to my dream college and becoming a veterinarian, I do have some personal goals that becoming a veterinarian will help me achieve. One of those goals is moving out of state, I have lived in the state of Florida my entire life. Even if I'm gone for a month I would like to move away and see snow, live in a big city, live in the country I don't know just something different. And in America animals are everywhere which means when I can work in any state, and go pretty much every where. Another goal that I have after I become a veterinarian is buying a house. I want to eventually buy my own house and be able to decorate the way I want. I want to customize the floors, take down walls, just make it my dream home. I'm not sure why I want my own home to customize and do-up its just been a dream of mine since I was a little girl.
Why is Being a Vet so Important to Me?
I want to promote the welfare and improve the quality of animals lives, working at the shelter I've seen dogs come from horribly abusive situations, some scared of simple things like walking outside. I've seen those same dogs transform into an outgoing animal that wants to run and play. There's a feeling I get from helping animals, looking back at one experience in particular, I was working with a dog named Malibu. She was 8 months old and absolutely the cutest dog in the world, but she was terrified of everything. She would whimper and cry I didn't know what to do, leave her be and not make it worse or try to comfort her. I tried everything I could do to coax her over but she refused, I stood up to take her out for a walk and she was so scared. She walked to the back door and was scared of the door I picked her up and took her outside I plopped her down and she would just stare up at me with the saddest eyes.
I walked her around and she seemed to perk up a little but not by much. It hit me that was still so young and has to have some puppy energy left. I ran around with her she chased me around, attacking my shoe laces, happy as could be. There was a moment where I stopped and remembered how she was just a few minutes ago a scared dog who couldn't even make it near the back door without whimpering and her tail between her legs. After about 20 minutes we got back inside she was still a little scared, but when I sat down with her she wanted nothing more than to sit in my lap and cuddle their was no more crying no more cowering just a happy puppy desperately wanting some love. She eventually got adopted by some wonderful people.
The reason why this stuck with me was because she was such a frail scared puppy, and within minutes of playing and showing her some love she transformed into a affectionate little dog. I had the best feeling walking out that day knowing she was going to a safe home and knowing she might now be as scared anymore. That's what I'm seeking when I become a vet I want to be able to help an animal and give people an animal I know will make them as happy as she made me.
Besides going to my dream college and becoming a veterinarian, I do have some personal goals that becoming a veterinarian will help me achieve. One of those goals is moving out of state, I have lived in the state of Florida my entire life. Even if I'm gone for a month I would like to move away and see snow, live in a big city, live in the country I don't know just something different. And in America animals are everywhere which means when I can work in any state, and go pretty much every where. Another goal that I have after I become a veterinarian is buying a house. I want to eventually buy my own house and be able to decorate the way I want. I want to customize the floors, take down walls, just make it my dream home. I'm not sure why I want my own home to customize and do-up its just been a dream of mine since I was a little girl.
Why is Being a Vet so Important to Me?
I want to promote the welfare and improve the quality of animals lives, working at the shelter I've seen dogs come from horribly abusive situations, some scared of simple things like walking outside. I've seen those same dogs transform into an outgoing animal that wants to run and play. There's a feeling I get from helping animals, looking back at one experience in particular, I was working with a dog named Malibu. She was 8 months old and absolutely the cutest dog in the world, but she was terrified of everything. She would whimper and cry I didn't know what to do, leave her be and not make it worse or try to comfort her. I tried everything I could do to coax her over but she refused, I stood up to take her out for a walk and she was so scared. She walked to the back door and was scared of the door I picked her up and took her outside I plopped her down and she would just stare up at me with the saddest eyes.
I walked her around and she seemed to perk up a little but not by much. It hit me that was still so young and has to have some puppy energy left. I ran around with her she chased me around, attacking my shoe laces, happy as could be. There was a moment where I stopped and remembered how she was just a few minutes ago a scared dog who couldn't even make it near the back door without whimpering and her tail between her legs. After about 20 minutes we got back inside she was still a little scared, but when I sat down with her she wanted nothing more than to sit in my lap and cuddle their was no more crying no more cowering just a happy puppy desperately wanting some love. She eventually got adopted by some wonderful people.
The reason why this stuck with me was because she was such a frail scared puppy, and within minutes of playing and showing her some love she transformed into a affectionate little dog. I had the best feeling walking out that day knowing she was going to a safe home and knowing she might now be as scared anymore. That's what I'm seeking when I become a vet I want to be able to help an animal and give people an animal I know will make them as happy as she made me.