Amanda Days

Professor Janet Rinehart-Kim

Genetics BIOL 294

10/28/2022

“Writing Assignment 5”

            Many people spend their lives trying to figure out who they are and what they want to be, luckily for me, I knew exactly that ever since I was young. My future is not revolved around family, kids, and a white picket fence home, but instead is focused on my career, my education, and my happiness. I decided at age sixteen that the vet career was for me and to do that, I needed a doctorate in veterinary medicine, which would go on to allow me to achieve my goals and live a happy life.

            When I was younger, I always debated different things that I would like to do as I got older. Some of those examples were anthropology, engineering, and any other position that would let me work in a lab. As I got into high school, I realized that I wanted to be in the medical field, but I also did not want to specialize in human medicine. I also had the goal of running a farm that would entail many different rescued animals which would be expensive in vet bills. The realization then hit me that if I was my own veterinarian, I could take care of the animals I rescued and not break my bank account. In other words, I realized my career could be something that I loved as well as funded my passions.

            The first time I decided to work in a vet clinic was when I was sixteen and a half and I had just gotten my license. At this time, I had already been working as a babysitter full time over the past two summers and was ready to take on even more. The position I started as was a kennel attendant that would work with all sorts of dogs and cats as well as go into treatment to help as needed there. I continued this job and the babysitting for three years, working Fridays and Saturdays around school and working close to fifty hours a week over the summers. Needless to say, work ethic is not a lacking skill of mine which is great because the medical field can be brutal. Now I have moved onto another clinic where I work as a veterinary assistant, and I absolutely love it. Being able to get into the field I was considering at a young age allowed me to answer the question of whether or not this is something I would like to do.

            I know I will succeed in my career because this is something I was built to do. I have the motivation and work ethic to endure the grueling hours of a vet clinic and the drive to finish my education. I have been in my field for close to five years already and I am finding that I only love it more and more. I would make a great candidate for vet school because I am already in my field so deep that education is merely getting the certification I need for a promotion, not a confirmation that I can or cannot do it. In conclusion, I have always known what I wanted to be because of my passion with animals and getting into a clinic just confirmed it for me. Now that I am into my field deep, there is nothing else I could imagine spending my life doing. I have the work ethic and motivation to be successful and the passion in my career that will keep it from getting old. With my extensive experience in the field, all I am waiting on now to achieving my goals is an acceptance letter from vet school.