The other day Landlady J went to the dentist and told me that her dental assistant talked constantly in a really high voice. I tried to explain to her about the dental assistants in Provo. And how it's sort of the alternative for girls who don't want a 4-yr degree but want to be taken more seriously than beauty school students. This way, they get to wear scrubs which makes it seem as though they are doctors or other medical-type people. And you see them in line at Cafe Rio with their tanned skin and startling white teeth and two-toned blonde highlights and acrylic nails. And scrubs. And some of them have done me grevious wrongs and are on my list of people to kill.
I realize some may find this a gross overgeneralization, and they might write in to say that I am so completely wrong because their little sister is a dental assistant and she does it because she loves people and teeth and taking X-rays and it's totally noble. Fine. Bully for your sister. I also realize that there is a difference between dental assistants and dental hygienists. Dental assistants train for 9-11 months. Dental hygienists train for 2-4 years and are the ones who are allowed to put sharp pointy objects in your people's mouths.
Shortly thereafter I got on LDS Linkup to change my profile from "In a Relationship" to "Single." (Let the letters from creepy old European and Latin-American men commence!) When I was done I clicked on one of the "Recent Additions" because the pic included a line from Wicked ("Dancing through Life") and I sort of have Wicked on the mind.
I kid you not, here's what I found. The girl is:
- 22
- blond
- blue eyed
- quite tan
- wearing some sort of cowgirl outfit
- from Arizona
- aaaand . . . a dental assistant
Her hobbies include boys, flirting, and kissing. She also loves "doing just about anything that is just very fun and exciting!" All the statements in her "About Me" and "Who I'd Like to Meet" sections include an exclamation mark.
Out of curiosity, I did a search for "dental assistant" under Occupations.
1,536 results--almost all are females.
I'm just saying. It's officially the Mormon equivalent of hair school, and now I don't even need to feel bad for saying so. The numbers, they are on my side.
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