State of Vet Care in the US
After living overseas for so long returning to the US always has it's surprises. But one of the worst was the state of Veterinary Care in the US. Now I have had dogs all of my life, NO ONE loves th...
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punomatic wrote:
"So once outside I started thinking...What kind of education are we giving our vets that they know nothing of the history of the Dog, or that dogs dont all fit into the AKC breed designations. And how can you get out of any college, even VET school or High School for that matter, without knowing basic world geography, the history of the Vietnam conflict, the Khmer Rouge etc etc?"
This is what comes of an "educational" system that focuses on teaching job skills rather than educating. One of my greatest disappointments in life was when I realized that the dental school I attended was not an academic institution but a trade school.
x2 Very well put. But in reality although one should, in my view get a well rounded education before a specialty, all one really has to do to educate themselves is to READ. But you need first and foremost... CURIOSITY and a drive to understand things That you don't understand. You also need to know what you dont know. If you get my meaning.
This is what I find lacking in many people I meet today, a near total lack of curiosity of the world around them and its inhabitants and issues.
This is precisely how the Vet in Tucson struck me. Provincial, ill-educated and no Curiosity whatsoever.
