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Ten year old becomes a veterinarian...almost

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Remember how when you were a kid you loved animals and you wanted to be a veterinarian when you grew up? well, for one little girl, growing up was apparently taking too long.

Ten year old Courtney Oliver of Olympia, near Seattle, Washington completed an online training course which would prepare her to be a vet. Depending on which blog you read, she is a vet, has certification to be a vet, or neither. Last thing I heard she had completed a college training course to become a vet and needed to be supervised by a professional and her mother at all times while caring for animals (other than her own, I would imagine).

According to Yahoo Answers (so helpful!) Courtney is not a vet and does not have a degree to practice. Rather she completed on the online training necessary to receive a certificate to become a vet technician.

It would seem the media is once again getting ahead of itself, and poor Courtney too! But hey--she has more experience than I do. I wouldn't know how to help birth kittens. If Courtney wishes to be a vet when she grows up she's at least on her way. I like a woman who knows what she wants--even if she's not a woman (or a vet) yet.

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