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Yummm what i've been doing the last few days
Yummm what i've been doing the last few days
Survived another semester! Passed all my classes!
Saw trans-siberian orchestra this afternoon, and went out for dinner/drinks afterward- so much fun!
Now I get to sleep without setting the alarm
Saw trans-siberian orchestra this afternoon, and went out for dinner/drinks afterward- so much fun!
I got some joy out of deleting my 6:50am alarm.
And no Friday class next semester... heck yes.
I got some joy out of deleting my 6:50am alarm.
And no Friday class next semester... heck yes.
Have gotten very comfortable doing dog blood draws but haven't tried cat ones yet. Did two today, back leg, and got both first try. Gonna try jugular when I get better with back leg. It was very awesome feeling. I think every time I manage to do something right at my clinic (which isn't often) it boosts my self confidence that maybe I have some chance of making it through the school. Anyone else have that fear they are gonna get it and be the one student to flunk out in the first year O_O. Hope it's not just me!
Wha??
What about path?
We still have it, just not on Friday?
We will have a month with phys III on Friday, technically, plus it's our exam day for some classes. But it will be a free day for a while at least. I can forward you our class sched if you are curious!
Being a vet. is easy. You do spay/neuter, vaccinate, worm, do an occasional dental and hand out Clavamox and Clindamyacin. It is amazing a vet. has to study 4 years to be a vet. Most of the stuff they teach in vet. school has no direct application to the everyday things a vet. does. In all truth, vet.s could be replaced by a new category called vet. medics who are trained only to do the usual pet medicine.
Vet.s can work cheaper than regular doctors because they do not have the high cost of malpractice insurance.
Sickness comes in 3 categories. 1) the type that will clear up on its own. 2) the type that clears up with medicine. 3) incurable. A vet. is fine for the minor stuff but, when it gets to the heavy stuff, vet.s start soaking you for the $ by playing the emotional angle.
A message for the vet. industry: medicines are useless if you can't get them into your pet.
A message for vet.s: if I wanted to pop de-worming pills into my pet I could get them over-the-counter. I brought my pet to you for service. Service means you put the de-worming pills into the pet. That way the pet hates you, not me, and doesn't give me dirty betrayed looks from under the bed all day.
Just so you know: I held back talking about acual vet. experiences. In 10 years experience at caring for stray cats I have tried 6 vet.s and am still looking for a new vet.
What... the... frack.
The comments are great! Some people are so ignorant.
In other news, I got a blog up and running today, check it out if you feel like it. Only one entry so far, but hope to chronicle everything.
http://www.thedvmchronicles.com/
What... the... frack.
One of the rules of the internet - NEVER read the comments. Ever. It could be a story about how a 5 year old girl hugged a litter of puppies and magically brough them back to life and there'd STILL be ******* comments.
One of the rules of the internet - NEVER read the comments. Ever. It could be a story about how a 5 year old girl hugged a litter of puppies and magically brough them back to life and there'd STILL be ******* comments.
but-but-but they're the best part!
I got a B- in Chemistry! I must have done really well on the final without the curve already. My GPA should now be a 2.82 instead of a 2.62 like I thought it would be. Not awesome, but better than expected. :]
I'm excited for my chem grade! Very much so. Sadly my lab is a C. I don't think that's what it should be, but I really don't want to go to talk to the prof. He's nasty mean. But I did fail the practical. Idk.. whatever. Hahaha. I passed. :]
->>>> while you're in Germany
recursive?I did pass all my classes and finish my first semester, but...
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=11927786&postcount=4657
\ At this point, I'm just planning for my Plan B. The goal is to not get too down on myself and make myself stronger for next year's cycle. (Still have 5 schools left to hear from). Pessimists rarely end up disappointed
recursive?
Your tech skills have nothing to do with failing out of vet school. First year is all about the basic sciences (which tend to be boring and very specific), second year is about learning the info for being a vet. Depending on the school you attend it's not until 3rd or 4th year that you get to work on tech skills. And no one fails out because they can't hit a vein.
Just playing a joke on the "old fart" are you? Don't think I didn't catch that dig on me over at the Lounge.You can go in circles for hours until you have so many windows open, your browser explodes.
I did pass all my classes and finish my first semester, but...
http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showpost.php?p=11927786&postcount=4657
is it OK for me to rave about how i am soooooooo glad to find out i will definitely be a vet, no matter what happens?
i'm so incredibly happy these days -- i love my job, i love my family, it's christmas/holiday time, i'm done with school for the semester, the weather is wonderful. i really don't have much that i should complain about.
hopefully it's appropriate to be so happy when some people are getting bad news these days