Vet Technician Essay

Georgia CAPSTONE Researched Career Essay I chose to write my paper over the vet technician profession. There are many reasons that I want to be a vet tech, one of them being that I love animals. I have always been able to connect with animals, and have always had a soft spot for them. It is hard for me to think that animals are hurting and vulnerable, and that I cannot help them. That is one major reason why I have always wanted to work them, no matter the profession. I have never been a people person necessarily, so with me being a vet tech, I do not have to work with people, I am directly working with the animals and letting the veterinarians deal with the owners. I also do not want to spend my young years all in college, and with a vet tech, I only need to be in there for two years, instead of the usual eight being a veterinarian. Being in the animal business is a huge responsibility in general, but especially for the technicians, being that they diagnose the animals, and prep them for surgery. If the technician diagnoses an animal with the wrong sickness, they would waste valuable …show more content…
I would have to go to college for another six years, and that is something I really don’t want to do. I understand that a big disadvantage of only being a technician is that you make 60,000 less than a veterinarian does, but I have always heard that if you choose a career for the money, you will hate it. An advantage of being a technician is that I can be making money two years out of high school that I could potentially live off of as an adult. I can reduce the time spent in college by starting my vet technician courses while I am still a junior in high school. That really isn’t something that people can do for a PhD. When I weigh the pros and cons, it really comes down to that money is not what it is about, and that eight years is a little too much for

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