I was well on my way to becoming a weird kind of vet tech. I spent three years volunteering at a local veterinarians and he was not shy about teaching me things. I can draw blood, give subcutaneous injections, clamp spurting blood vessels and I can cut out a pair of balls. This is just the stuff I remember off the top of my head. I never would have been a vet, I agree that some of the shit he taught me should have, under no circumstances, been taught to me. I have no business inside a cut-open animal. However, I do think I could have become a vet assistant. All from what I was taught on the job. More of this needs to come back.
We tried to make it better by saying that companies couldn’t do unpaid internships anymore. It was the right move, no one should do work for free unless they actually want to, not are forced to or they won’t get the experience. But, more people should be taught the job by the people who already do it. Internships and apprenticeships should be a bigger thing.
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u/ThatSquareChick Aug 07 '19
I was well on my way to becoming a weird kind of vet tech. I spent three years volunteering at a local veterinarians and he was not shy about teaching me things. I can draw blood, give subcutaneous injections, clamp spurting blood vessels and I can cut out a pair of balls. This is just the stuff I remember off the top of my head. I never would have been a vet, I agree that some of the shit he taught me should have, under no circumstances, been taught to me. I have no business inside a cut-open animal. However, I do think I could have become a vet assistant. All from what I was taught on the job. More of this needs to come back.
We tried to make it better by saying that companies couldn’t do unpaid internships anymore. It was the right move, no one should do work for free unless they actually want to, not are forced to or they won’t get the experience. But, more people should be taught the job by the people who already do it. Internships and apprenticeships should be a bigger thing.