<p>Doctors scare me. Growing up I never actually liked going to the doctors and the thought of just getting a checkup used to make me cringe. I was afraid of getting shots and needles. However, over the summer I ended up doing an internship at one.
Over the summer, I was undecided on where I should go volunteer until my father told me that it would be a good idea to go to a medical center. It was probably the last place I wanted to do volunteer work but I respected my father so I went. At first it was just as I thought it would be, a bunch of sick people coming in and seeing the doctor and then leaving with sadness on their face. It was as if they dreaded coming here as much as I did. The work I had to do was tedious. I had to sweep the floors every morning and make everyone fill out a checklist. I also had to try to make little kids less nervous about their visit. I didn’t know how I could make a child less nervous while I was afraid of even working at this place.
I still tried to make this child laugh. I first told him how I was actually scared to be here which kind of shocked him and then I went on to cracking a joke which made him smile. This was the first smile I saw all day and it made me feel great. I made this child smile and feel less nervous than how he was when he first arrived. I thought maybe if I can’t change the mood of adults then I might be able to change the moods of these children. For the rest of the week I made it my priority to make children smile. Whenever a child came in I always ended up making him smile. I wasn’t good with talking to elderly people, but children, I had no trouble speaking with them.
After my time there had ended, I realized that I to wanted to become a doctor but not a doctor that talked with regular people. I wanted to be a children’s doctor. I wanted to be the doctor that the kids wouldn’t be afraid of. I want to be that doctor who makes his patients leave with smiles on their faces. I want to be able to cure their sickness and their mood. Instead of being gloomy and sad, I want to make their experience a positive one. </p>
<p>....Its about how i was afraid of going to the Doctor's but then over the summer i do an internship and volunteer work at a doctors office and my whole view changes. I corrected it with some of my teachers but i feel as if its still horrible. My teacher told me that i did well but i still feel like its incomplete. Can anyone help me out here?</p>