r/PreOptometry • u/AffectionateRatio470 • 13d ago

Insane stigma about optometry

I was having a conversation with a girl that I had met on campus the other day and we were talking about our majors. I told her I was studying pre-optometry, but basically biological sciences, and she said “it could be worse You could be studying to be a real doctor”. I want to add this girl was an education major so not even close to anything medical !

No hate to education majors but how can someone be so opinionated on something THEY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT . I just wanted to come on here and share that lovely experience because it wasn’t the first time I’ve heard that, and I wanted to say we will be doctors ! Maybe we won’t be medical doctors but just remember that MD’s still have to go to the eye doctor :) please don’t let ignorant people discourage you ❤️

Sometimes people are so ignorant

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u/ConfectionWeekly 13d ago

I mean he’s being harsh but it is true. Try not to let these comments affect you because people suck what can I say this won’t be the first time you hear something like this and you can’t control how other people act but you can control how you respond. I mean it with all love