I'm curious... why do people seem to think VetTechJess is asking for advice?
And you are having an easy lifetime, Jessica. I mean, you aren't dead yet, right? You have internet access, literacy, and enough free time to find this webpage. No, I'd say your life is pretty easy.
Also, an article worth reading (that I can't get around the payment thingy) is "Changing Exclusion To Inclusion", written by Susan Engel for the New York Times on March 21, 2007.
LESSONS; Changing Exclusion To Inclusion - Free Preview - The New York Times
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"I read, I interpret, I think, I criticize, I oppose, I listen, I write, I question, I reply, I quote, I tell, I name, I discuss, I interpolate..., I learn, I teach, I live, therefore I am." -- Marc-Alain Ouaknin, "Mysteries of the Kabbalah", p383.
Favorite Essays I Wrote:
love,
identity & growth,
economics,
education,
equality,
definitions.
Recent Books I liked:
Anansi Boys,
Fly By Night,
Hyperion.