If you really love your job, you can even become a veterinarian. Vet school is extremely competitive, and having the background and work experience of a veterinary technician will give you a huge edge in the application process.s with other healthcare careers, becoming a vet tech requires intensive training and hands-on experience. But if you're willing to put in the hard work and hours and love animals, then all of your effort will be worth it. If you think you've got it takes, follow Step 1 to get started.
The Classical Education of the Founding Fathers. Thomas Jefferson received early training in Latin, Greek, and French from Reverend William Douglas, a Scottish clergyman. At the age of fourteen, Jeffersonâs father died, and, at the express wish of his father, he continued his education with the Reverend James Maury, who ran a classical academy.
A paltry handful of traditionally white colleges accepted black applicants in the first part of the 19th century. And three colleges, two in Pennsylvania and one in Ohio, educated mostly black students in the mid-1800s. But after the Civil War, African American education blossomed. Black ministers and white philanthropists established schools all across the South to educate freed slaves. These schools, more than 100 of which are still open today, became known as historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs. âThey started in church basements, they started in old schoolhouses, they started in peopleâs homes,â says Marybeth Gasman, a historian at the University of Pennsylvania who studies HBCUs.