Becoming A Veterinary Technician Essay

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My name is sam , and I feel lucky to say that I am currently studying my passion of becoming a veterinary technician. I was 19 years old when I first started looking for classes in my area that met my criteria and after a frustrating search I thought there was nothing! Then I found Penn Foster, a school that allows me to stay home, study and also go to work and be with family and friends. I wasn’t sure that online school was the best choice for me but I wasn’t ready to move away from my family and friends just yet. The only veterinary technician school was five hours from home and I did not have the money to move away. At first I was nervous about attending an online school and having no one physically next to me to ask for help, but my parents and…show more content…
I mostly learn by listening to a teacher talk and writing the most important information. When I found out that I didn’t have a professor explaining the subjects I was lost on what to do, but I did my best. Fortunately some subjects provided webinars to help me and it made me more comfortable having someone explain in more details and having someone there to answer questions right away. I wasn’t too sure about online schooling, but as my family said they are on my side and they help me through the times I don’t understand the material much no matter how much I read it and researched it online and try to understand it myself. Since my boyfriend is taking college courses, we decided to start studying together Sunday nights after dinner so we would get to see each other more often and be able to finish some work together. He would help me and I would help him. It is nice to have someone close to you able to help you through the courses. Between work and volunteering I hardly ever had time to study, but conveniently my boyfriend always works when I have days off from my job and that is usually when I would do my heavy all day

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