Understanding Benedict Arnold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Benedict Arnold - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Fictional invocations of Arnold's name also carried strongly negative overtones. A moralistic children's tale entitled 'The Cruel Boy' was widely circulated in the 19th century. It described a boy who stole eggs from birds' nests, pulled wings off insects, and engaged in other sorts of wanton cruelty, who then grew up to become a traitor to his country. The boy is not identified until the end of the story, when his place of birth is given as Norwich, Connecticut, and his name is given as Benedict Arnold. However, not all depictions of Arnold were strongly negative. Some theatrical treatments of the 19th century explored his duplicity, seeking to understand rather than demonize it."

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"You have this need to be...

HONEST!"

~(Dr. Deriso)~

Find it interesting we have Benjamin Franklin coming the defense of a good friend heresy; claiming  Benedict Arnold to have been a be a virtuous man because of his honesty.  

Upon graduation from Lousiana State University - School of Veterinary Medicine, 

Dr. Deriso was the first veterinarian I worked for at his Bird Road Animal Hospital in Miami, Florida.  

He immediately set to work trying to change what I had been taught in school.

His basic philosophy...

you treat the client, not the pet.

He actually found it a fault of mine, that I shared more information with the clients about their pets than he thought necessary; usually options the clients could consider that were less expensive than any course of treatment he would recommend.

Over time, 

what I thought was just him being  an exception, turned out to be pretty much the norm. 

But I will say this in defense of most veterinarians I've worked for...

not entirely the veterinarians' fault.  

Overtime, 

the unreasonable, irrational, demanding clients have a way of wearing you down. 

 I can see why many veterinarians have given up 

and 

just started assuming these clients were the rule instead of the exception.

Also, 

not only is my birthday, 

January 14th, 

the same as Benedict Arnold;

chosen as Prescott High School Senior Class of 1980...

 Daughters of American Revolution Good Citizen.

Can't help but find it strange,

although my mother was a Wolfe, her mother was a Franklin. 

(Grandpaw Wolfe surrounded by Franklin In-Laws)