Personal Narrative: My Interview With A Pharmacist

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I conducted my interview with Holly W. Keckler. She is a retired pharmacist and is currently involved in the school of pharmacy at Purdue University. She explained what it was like for her to be a pharmacist and gave some advice on what I could do to help me become a pharmacist. Mrs. Keckler worked in a drug store in Lafayette and in Marion Indiana. She gave some insight into what she did on a daily basis as a pharmacist. She worked on her feet for most of the day filling prescriptions and talking to different patients. I asked her what was the most difficult part of her job. She explained that the type of people she encountered could make her job difficult from time to time. Mrs. Keckler also recommended me people who I could talk to for

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