Student Success Statement

“There is no giant step that does it. It’s a lot a little steps.”

                                                  Anon

Reflection:

I think what this statement is typing to say is that doing take things too fast because they won’t work out. If you take your time the better things are going to end up. For an example if you’re in a relationship with someone, try to get them to know you good and you meet them good so when you guys try living together you know more things about each other and not make it so hard. Don’t take things too fast and try getting married with that person the month you got with him/her, take your time and things will turn out to come out better than you thought. 

                       Recreation Therapist

Duties and responsibilities:

   Recreational therapists plan, direct, and coordinate recreation-based treatment programs for people with disabilities, injuries, or illnesses. Recreational therapists use a variety of modalities, including arts and crafts, drama, music, dance, sports, games, and community reintegration field trips to help maintain or improve a patient’s physical, social, and emotional well-being.

Salary: $42,280

Education:

   Most recreational therapists need a bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy or a related field. Though less common, associate’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees are also available. Recreational therapy programs include courses in assessment, human anatomy, medical and psychiatric terminology, characteristics of illnesses and disabilities, and the use of assistive devices and technology. Bachelor’s degree programs usually include an internship.

Reflection:

I think I wouldn’t want to be a recreation therapist because I’m not really interested in being one. I don’t like working with people who are diabetic, I think I would want to work in something else.

                   Student Success Statement

“Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and       wrong, even if everyone is for it.”

William Penn

Reflection:

 

This statement is trying to say that most of the people will choose what’s wrong but our job is not to do what others think it’s good but to think for ourselves on what is really right. Some people think that by doing the wrong thing they will be like others, that’s just trying to be someone you’re not. It’s very hard to be different than others because there is a chance they might treat you different. Do what you think is right not what others tell you to do. 

                               Thoracic Surgeon

Duties and responsibilities:

  A doctor guides small robotic arms through several tiny keyhole incisions. This allows for greater range of movement than a doctor's hand. Specializing in surgical procedures related to the chest, thoracic surgeons are some of the remarkably few people who can say they have held someone's heart in their hands -- literally. These medical professionals undergo many years of education and rigorous training to prepare them for a career in the operating room -- often working long, irregular hours on their feet. A thoracic surgeon's job is far from easy, but the career may appeal to those who enjoy helping others and love working under pressure.

Salary: $350,000

Education:

    Becoming a thoracic surgeon requires 13 to 16 years of education and training, beginning with a bachelor's degree. Students may pursue a degree in any area they desire, though premedical studies and biology are the most commonly chosen. After earning a bachelor's degree, students go on to attend medical school, which involves another four years of education. The first two years of medical school are usually devoted to laboratory and classroom instruction, while the final two years are spent completing clinical rotations in common medical specialties. Upon finishing medical school, aspiring thoracic surgeons enter a five-year residency program in general surgery, followed by a year-long residency in cardiographs surgery.

Reflection:

 I think I would want to be a thoracic surgeon because they get to operate and they get paid really well. They need 14 years od study and that takes lots of dedication.  

                  Student Success Statement

Cowardice asks the question ‘Is it safe?’

Expediency asks the question ‘Is it politic?’

Vanity asks the question ’Is it popular?’

 But, Conscience asks the question, ‘Is it RIGHT?’  and there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor population, but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that is right.

Reflection:

 This quote has so many things I can talk about. Cowardice will always ask if it’s safe. Most of the time we don’t really care if it’s safe or not and we just do it. Expediency, will always ask if it’s political or not. Most people don’t even care if it’s political. Now a day people do what they believe is right and they don’t sit down and think if it’s the best thing to do. Vanity is one of the big ones because at this time it’s all about looking right for others and do what others do that’s why it will always ask ‘If its popular?’. People prefer to see other people satisfied on the things they do. For an example, you go to school and you are an okay student but you star hanging out with the wrong crowd, most chances are you will start doing what they’re doing because nor you want to feel left out or they keep telling you to do bad things with them. The only one that will end up bad is you not them. When your all grown their won’t pay your rent or pay your bills right?? No they won’t because a true friend wouldn’t tell you to do bad things like smoke. Conscience is the best thing because that will ask you ‘Is it right?’ that’s the best question because you get to think what’s right.  

                     Radiologic Technician

Duties and responsibilities:

 Radiation Therapy Technologists assist radiologists and oncologists (cancer specialists) in treating diseases by exposing areas of patients' bodies to ionizing radiation.  In addition to helping with treatments, technologists are responsible for maintaining the radiation therapy equipment and helping to maintain patient records.  Radiation therapy is provided in hospitals, public health clinics, cancer treatment centers, and private offices.

Salary: $22,000 - $36,000

Education:

  Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school. One year programs are often offered by hospitals. To qualify for a one year program, an applicant must have graduated from an approved program in Radiologic Technology or been a nurse with education in radiation physics.  A high school diploma or a GED is required to enter two year courses.

Reflection:

 I think I would want to be a Radiologic Technician because it has something to do with cancer curing and I like helping others with diseases.   

                      Student Success Statement

“Let us have faith that right makes right, and in that faith let us to end dare to do our duty as we understand it.”

                                Abraham Lincoln

Reflection:

  I think this statement is saying the truth because you have to believe in order to do things. Some people don’t make the best decisions in life but they try to get back on their feel and achieve. If you believe you will do it. If you do what’s right. Right things are going to happen, nut if you don’t make the best choices you won’t get very far and be ashamed of yourself.

                              Radiation Therapist

Duties and responsibilities:

    Radiation Therapy Technologists assist radiologists and oncologists in treating diseases by exposing areas of patients' bodies to ionizing radiation.  In addition to helping with treatments, technologists are responsible for maintaining the radiation therapy equipment and helping to maintain patient records.  Radiation therapy is provided in hospitals, public health clinics, cancer treatment centers, and private offices.

Salary: $22,000 - $36,000

Education:

  Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school. Students can train to become a radiation therapist in either one or two year programs.  One year programs are often offered by hospitals.  To qualify for a one year program, an applicant must have graduated from an approved program in radiologic technology or been a nurse with education in radiation physics.  A high school diploma or a GED is required to enter two year courses.

Reflection:

  I think I would want to become a radiation therapist because it helps people with cancer and helps with their treatments.  

                  Student Success Statement

  “The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon:

 Self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem.”

                 Dr.Laura Schlessinger

Reflection:

This quote is very true because you need to have respect for yourself and have dignity, without that you won’t get very far.  To have integrity is to be honest and have ethical principles. Self-esteem is a term used in psychology to reflect person's overall emotional evaluation of his or her own worth.

                                  Psychologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

  

  Psychologists study the behavior and actions of people to understand, explain, and change their behavior patterns.  They also provide counseling and therapy to those with emotional, learning, and behavior problems.  Psychologists work in schools, clinics, hospitals, and private practice.  They can specialize in clinical, educational, quantitative, developmental, social, experimental, and industrial-organizational psychology.  Their duties often include: Diagnosing and treating problems, Interviewing and observing patients, Developing selecting and administering tests, Counseling patients, groups, and families. 

Average Salary:  $45,000 - $65,000

Educational Requirements:

    Students should prepare for a career in psychology by taking the most challenging (AP or IB) high school courses available, especially in English and science. Licensed psychologists must earn a Ph.D. in psychology.  Admission to graduate programs is usually dependent on the quality of undergraduate performance in a psychology major.  Clinical psychologists must complete a two-year supervised internship after earning their doctorate and pass oral and written state qualifying exams. School psychologists must earn at least a master's degree.

Reflection:

  I think I would want to be a psychologist because I like working with people and helping them be better.

                  Student Success Statement

“That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.”

                            Ralph Waldo Emerson  

 Reflection: 

  If you’re having problems with something work hard to try to get better at it and not give up. Some people just give up and not accomplish what their dream is. They think that the best way is to stop trying but no that’s just being a failure.If you want to become a professional doctor you have to be persistent and work hard for it.    

                          Psychiatrist

Duties and responsibilities:

  

 Psychiatrists are physicians who specialize in the problems of mental illness.  As physicians, they are licensed to use a very wide variety of treatment and may write prescriptions.  Psychiatrists may work for the government, have their own private practice, or work in hospitals, clinics, or universities. 

Salary: $90,000 - $200,000

Education:

   In addition to completing the requirements for a degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine, psychiatrists must complete an intensive three year residency in psychiatry.

Reflection:

 I think I would want to be a psychiatrist because I would like to help people with disability and help them get better.

                       Student Success Statement

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in DETERMINATION.”

Tommy Lasorda

Reflection:

   I think with determination you can archive anything. You have to be determined and make sure what you want. You will go far if you put yourself a goal and work very hard for it.

                           Pharmacy Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

  Pharmacy Technicians work in pharmacies under the direction of a pharmacist.  Technicians measure out correct amounts of medication from larger containers to prescription size containers. They also add drugs to intravenous solutions. They have to check inventories and ordering supplies, they Receive and check in the supplies.  They wait for the customers. They help keep the pharmacy place clean, they also help fill out the insurance form. They work in hospitals, clinics, and retail pharmacies.

 Average Salary:  $15,000 - $25,000

 Educational Requirements:

 Students should take math, science (especially chemistry), and typing courses in high school.

A high school diploma is usually required to begin pharmacy technician training.  Two year courses leading to certificates are available at most community colleges.  Six month programs are offered at privately operated schools.

 Reflection:

  I think I wouldn't want to be a pharmacy technician because all you do it help give medicine and I am more with working with the body and not give medicine they also don’t get paid well. I wouldn't want to be one because it seems very boring and I rather work in a hospital. These pharmacy technicians’ could work in the hospital but that’s not what I would want to do. I also don’t like the idea of cleaning like that’s very low inspiration. I don’t want to work in a place where I have to clean and get paid very little.

                      Student Success Statement

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”

Henry David Thoreau

Reflection:

  Sometimes we just dream and dream and don’t achieve our goals. It’s very hard to achieve your goals especially when you have problems like money, family problems. Most people think it’s easy to work hard and do things right. People will always tell you to try your best but the truth is that it’s not as easy as it seems. Most people don’t know your problems and struggles, but it’s your job to get yourself up and prove the people that their wrong. I know it might be hard and even harder when you have problems, but people will see you as a hard working student that no matter how many struggles you have u NEVER gave up.     

                                     Pharmacist

Duties and responsibilities:

  Pharmacists compound, or prepare, prescriptions written by physicians, dentists, and other practitioners.  They review these prescriptions to validate their accuracy and then prepare the medication.  Pharmacists answer patients' and customers' questions about the drugs they are taking and drugs which can be sold over the counter.  In some cases, pharmacists are responsible for taking inventory of the drugs on the shelves and ordering any which they are low on.

 Salary: $33,000 - $51,000          

 Education:

  Students should take the most challenging high school classes (including AP or IB) available in English, science, and math. Normally it takes at least five years to earn a Pharmacy Degree.  To earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, Phar.D., requires at least six.

Reflection:

 I think I would want to be a pharmacist because it has to do with medicine and I can help people get the correct medicine. I would like to be one and they also get paid well not so bad.