Personal Narrative: I Grow Up In Rural Agriculture

From a young age I was interested in life; animals, plants, anything that lived. As I grew I began to get more involved with the protection and well-being of animals. I volunteered at animal shelters and spent my time at adoption centers, anyway I could help I gave my assistance. Once I reached a suitable age, I was gifted with two Husky Puppies. I insured they got their vaccinations and checkups, but to ensure their maximum health I studied everything I could about a dog’s internal and external structures, as well as symptoms of common illnesses canines could succumb to. They are the reason my main goal is to become a dedicated veterinarian who will not let a price stop me from helping an animal in need. I plan to major in Biology in order

I used to tell my friends and teachers that I wanted to explore the medical field because that was what my family wanted me to do. They wanted me to become a doctor as it is a well praised profession that pays extremely well. As I grew older and entered middle school, I realized that becoming a doctor wasn’t something I was immensely interested in. Instead of a doctor, I wanted to become a veterinarian, treating animals instead of people. I’ve become aware of my passion for animals ever since I began having pets: from fish to hamsters to dogs. I decided to focus on animals when I first took one of my hamsters to a veterinarian. I thought that their profession was fun and interesting because it revolves around animals, something that I love and grown up with. Although studying veterinary sciences is difficult and competitive, becoming an animal doctor has been one of my greatest

The program of study i chose is Agriscience. Agriscience is the application of science to agriculture. It will involve studying animals and farming techniques. Agriscience relates to small animals and large animals and eventually veterinary science. Eventually if i take my freshman year Agriscience and then the my sophomore year small animal and then junior year large than i will eventually take veterinarian science that will put me on the path to be a veterinarian. Agriscience will also give me the opportunity to work with animals and learn how to take care of them and treat their illness with medical science. Agriscience is designed for you to be able to test and see how you like the veterinarian and animal science. In Agriscience i will learn about many ways to use agriscience. Crop rotation and how to improve crops are some examples of things i

During my high school years I’ve joined a club called Future Farmers of America which I really had gotten involved with for three and a half years. This being my first time in a club I found myself to be really busy throughout my school time, not only busy but I loved being part of that group. The reason why I loved that group was because there were judging teams and livestock teams that I was really good at. Rite before my senior year was about to be over I decided to leave school for good only because I thought my job was more important. So once I left school I thought it was ok just to do anything I wanted. This is where my whole life took a turn for its worse. Now getting involved with drugs and gangs I was completely far away from an education or a job. Being on the streets was my job. This only landed me in jails and prisons for a period of time.

Two years ago, I was hired as a veterinary assistant at Ivy Hill Animal Hospital, and ever since then I have had a strong intellectual passion for veterinary medicine. It was at this time when I discovered my love for this field that I decided to dedicate the rest of my educational career to becoming a veterinarian. I have always been extremely interested in science and math, so throughout my high school career I took several AP courses for these subjects and exceeded to amount of credits for each field. I did this to further prepare myself for all the college courses that I knew were in my future. However, my main source of preparation has been through my employment at the animal hospital.

Being from rural Mississippi, people from other states assume that we know very little about what goes on outside our state let alone our own town. In a way, I can see why, but glad I am one of the ones who, thanks to my family, have an idea of a world larger than my town. I am from a family of six consisting of my mother, father, step-mother, brother, and identical twin sister. We did a lot of traveling when growing up normally traveling out of state even if just for weekends. My interest in other cultures and languages came from my family, especially on my mother’s side where I members who traveled out of country for work and would bring us back clothes, books, or other souvenirs. My dad did not do as much traveling as my mom and had not

I do not have any experience in health care or veterinary medicine. A hobby that I feel like helped me gain skills that could easily transfer over to helping animals would have to be helping out at my local elementary school with the young children. Children and animals are alike in that they make noise when they want something, love attention, and enjoy being praised when they have done something good. They are different in the fact that children can verbalize with words what they want while animals can only make sounds to try and show you what they want. I have personally first hand seen how much joy and happiness animals can bring to society as the local elementary school has had dogs come in and listen to the students read to them causing the students to not feel any pressure or worry. I heard about Black Hawk College’s Veterinary Sciences program through Black Hawk’s website and word of mouth. Just knowing the basics about taking care of animals and children can really help me succeed. By completing this course, I hope to gain a deeper insight into Veterinary Medicine and helping animals thrive as best as I

It's ok, a completely different atmosphere than summit (working In a Cubicle farm now). Each setting has its own positives as well as negatives. The work I'm doing this summer is much less client facing than summit (I'm working on the derivatives external reporting team, so we tell the federal reserve/sec what our Derivitives positions are). It's a good name on my resume, just trying to figure out what path I like better as a career.

As a freshman in high school I majored in Health Care Studies. As I already knew then that I wanted to help people by working in the medical field. I worked in the city of Philadelphia Public Healthcare offices. I worked at Health Center #9 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania located in a small section known as Germantown. This area of the city had a lot of people who were and still are underserved. This facility is for people in the city that do not have Health insurance or access to healthcare. Many would go there for free medications, blood work, general health care and x-rays. As a new patient waiting to be seen by a licensed professional you could potentially

My reason for pursuing the Animal Science Major is because I know that it is the first step in becoming a Veterinary Science Major. I have the desire and passion in becoming a Veterinary Surgeon and owning my own practice. By achieving those goals, I will have the utmost control and ability to make the decisions that can save the lives of my client's pets and livestock. I have always had an affinity for the calming and personal peace that pet ownership could bring. I believe that by becoming a veterinary surgeon I would possess the ability to aid the owners in making the choices that are beneficial both to the owner and to the wellbeing of the animal. There is what I like to think is very humane responsibility given to us

Ever since I was a little girl I’ve always enjoyed the company of animals. Throughout my life i’ve had dogs,a cat and a hamster as pets. I’ve also done some volunteer work with the Safe Cat Foundation with a local foster mom. While volunteering with safe cat, I got to provide rescue for at risk animals, prioritizing on cats with serious medical conditions, along with fostering. I’ve had a two year experience in this foundation with nursing newborn kittens,helped take care of cats with medical conditions and foster the cats until we provide them with a home that has the best fit for them. I have affinity for animals and will do whatever it takes to protect and care for them.For these reasons I’ve selected

With the help of my mother and father, I constructed a raised-bed vegetable garden, which we completed the third week of October. We placed it next to our house so that the garden would be hit with plenty of sunlight. We used four pieces of plywood and nailed them to make a rectangular shaped container, the box was four feet wide, eight feet long, and a little less than twenty inches tall. We filled the box with ten inches of soil and later planted our vegetables we bought at Home Depot. We bought leeks, Chinese cabbage, Cauliflower, Savoy cabbage, and Mustard greens. I decided to start a garden because I’ve always had an interest in food and where it comes from.

As long as I can remember, I wanted to do something with animals when I got older. I would dream about helping when they are in need. I have always wanted to be a veterinarian since day one. With growing up, I learned that veterinary students go through a lot to become a veterinary. Writing is very important and it's needed in anybody wants to go into. To be an animal sciences major, a lot of research papers have to be written and as well as persuasive papers.

Becoming a veterinarian takes a lot of hard work and many years of schooling, but it is an immensely satisfying job for those that are comfortable with and passionate about working with animals as well as people. Veterinarians offer medical care to by diagnosing and treating sick animals, which are often household pets, farm animals, and zoo animals. While looking into becoming a veterinarian, many factors of the job need to be taken into consideration: education and experience requirements, working facilities, job outlook, advancement opportunities, salary and wages, tasks performed, and advantages and disadvantages.

Throughout most of my life I have had one consistent goal; to become a veterinarian. I have had a continuous and solid passion for animals in all respects. This passion and love has fueled my in striving to achieve the dreams I have for myself after high school. The beginning of this story begins long before high school though.