Intro to my lifeeeee

Hello!
My name is Erica Posteraro and I am in the Animal Health program majoring in Food Animals. It is my intention to apply to vet school at the end of next year in either Calgary or Saskatoon. My program provides all of the prerequisites required to gain access into vet school, along with enriching programs that give hands on experience with animals and people who are experts in animal production and maintenance fields. Ever since I was 4 years old, I wanted to be a ballet dancer, a teacher, and a vet...at the same time apparently. The ballet thing never happened, and teaching a concept is TRULY not one of my strong points, so we can all see what I was left with. I am extremely passionate about animals and their well-being, treatment, and overall health, and I think that going into the veterinarian profession is the only thing that will make me content with my life and I plan to pursue it with extreme gusto (I enjoy that word).

Now, you may be asking yourself, "Why would a person who so loves animals major in an area that involves making them into steaks?" Well, majoring in Food Animals involves much more than the simple processing of animals, but more so about developing innovative ways of ensuring their nutrition and food requirements are met, and that each and every 4-legged creature is treated with the utmost respect it's ENTIRE life, among other things. :)

This here is my horse and my kitty, the only 2 trustworthy males I have discovered thus far...

my own personal album

my own personal album

 Although I don't like to wholeheartedly admit it, technology and social media are a vitally integral part of our current society, and along with it comes numerous benefits and drawbacks (I believe the first outweighs the latter). In my current work and studies, electronic communication is an absolute necessity  when it comes to handing out/in assignments, learning course content, and researching topics that are pertinent to the courses. The gradual shift of teachers communicating to their students various aspects of the course via computer is the most efficient and logical way to send out a unanimous message to masses of people. As far as social media goes, I think it helps people stay connected who otherwise wouldn't, and it also provides many opportunities for people to share recent experiences and, in the academic world, recent discoveries and innovations. In the future, communication of ideas and of even newer technologies will always be important as the world becomes increasingly integrated and the population continues to grow.

As for the role of communication in my future field of study, I believe that every medical profession relies heavily on innovations of others in their field, and the only way to mass communicate these ideas is by some form of electronic communication. This site here has FASCINATING blogs of up-to-date information in the world of medicine. I do not, however, believe that those in the medical fields should come to rely so heavily upon technology that one can no longer express ideas without having a keyboard in front of them.

I would like to link to Jami Frederick's blog, another student in ALES 204, and also a friend of mine who has common interests, to say the least :)

Until next time!

EP