Everybody should know that becoming a veterinarian is very challenging. You need to have to grades and the desire to succeed. What everybody doesn't know is that it is just as hard once you're a vet. The ways are always changing and you have to constantly keep up with the new medications or ways of diagnosing the animal. Continuously going to meetings with others and maybe even continuing your studies.
I read an autobiography on James Herriot, an English veterinary surgeon. He was also an accomplished writer, with a series of books about animals and their owners that he encountered in the field. He emphasizes the struggle with the good and bad that comes with the job. You must be able to control your emotions when working and do what's best for the animal. Very sensitive people would have a hard time with this career. He narrates a story that describes some aspects of the field very vividly, so in a way you know how you would feel if you were in that situation. He also talks about the joy that comes with it, such as birthing a calf and knowing you brought that life into this world. He writes with powerful emotion but describes it so that the average person would be able to read it and feel like they were a veterinarian.
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