Becoming a veterinarian
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at 06:00AM Entry, Experiences Category
Hannah Evans, University of Tennessee
According to my fifth grade yearbook, I had aspirations to become a singer “like Britney Spears.” I used to sing her songs to my hairbrush every night, and I was certain my future would revolve around pop music. In middle school, my dream changed, and I was sure I wanted to grow earthworms for a living. As the years passed, my surefire career choices ranged from a librarian to a playwright to an astronomer. 
Dr. AshleyEven as I walked across the stage at my high school graduation, I was at a loss as to what career path I wanted to take. At the time, my mind wavered between a career working in Alzheimer’s research and one writing science fiction novels. I registered for a wide variety of courses in my freshman year of college and ended it by declaring myself a Biology major for no reason other than to give myself some semblance of the focus that all my new friends seemed to have.
The need for a summer job and a love of animals brought me to a job at Banfield, the Pet Hospital. I quickly fell in love with the staff as well as the variety of patients that pranced and waddled their way into our examination rooms. From Mrs. Williams’ gentle greyhound, Katie, to Mr. Burkhart’s irritable domestic short hair, Shadow, I came to appreciate the individual personalities of each pet I worked with.
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