For as long as I can remember, going to Texas A&M College Station to become a Veterinarian has been my dream. Having always enjoyed working with animals, small and large, I knew acquiring working experience would help me to achieve this lifelong goal of mine; I began to volunteer at a Veterinary clinic. It was interesting and challenging learning the knowledge used in a veterinary clinic, and after a year of on the job learning the doctor hired me as a part-time employee. As time passed and I began to know my co-workers more I realized not all of them shared the same beliefs or experiences as me. It was difficult at first to learn how to sustain my beliefs while respecting theirs, but I stayed strong and still have the same perspectives and …show more content…
My entire family has the same relationship and love for him, which kept me in a stable and reliable situation for my faith during childhood. When volunteering i learned not all of my coworkers believed in Christ: the head doctor was a believer, the hospital manager was a believer, and so were some of the vet techs, but some were openly non-believers. I realized, because of all the adult situations that are included in a work environment, it was only a matter of time till I was going to need to stand firm in my beliefs and put my faith to the test. I knew Jesus was real and had enough faith to tell the non-believers I worked with about him, but after a while not having the support of my family began to perturb …show more content…
As in almost all situations gaining respect and trust also mean gaining unwanted knowledge, gossip. Most of my bosses(the hospital manager, head vet tech, and doctors) were respectful and knew their boundaries within speaking of situations and problems, but not the vet techs. I began to hear opinions of how they did not agree with what the doctor was doing and rumors of other employees. Then the talk progressed for the worst, there was the talk of people having sex with other people, people stealing money, doctors cheating on their wives, and even rumors were being spread to clients about the employees. Most of the talk about sex and affairs were false, but the stealing of money was true and led to an employee being fired. One of the doctors was cheating on his wives, but eventually was caught due the mistress wanting him for herself. The rumors of all of the employees at the clinic sleeping with each other were being spread by one of the employee’s girlfriend. She thought he was having having an affair with one of the ladies that worked with us, and wanted to sabotage the clinic’s business. Knowing that most of these were false, I tried not to think about the that were true, but it was stressful having to carry that unwanted knowledge on my shoulders while continuing to work with a non-stop flow of patients. I knew that most of these situations were wrong,