Student Success Statement

“There is not giant step that does it. It’s a lot of little steps.” –Anon

Reflection:

Our life is a journey and we each have a goal to accomplish. Many don’t understand that to reach a goal it takes more than just one step; it requires more than you can imagine. The reason why it takes so many small steps is because every step is preparing us for our goal. Each step might seem harder as we go but in reality one step makes us stronger to overcome the next one. All we need to do is to persist even in the toughest situations in our lives, which will try to stop us or block our way of reaching the goal. We need strength, courage, a vision, determination, and a positive attitude to know that a journey starts with one step. On your journey just remember to say “I will persist until I succeed”. Don’t give up on your journey no matter how impossible seems. Choose the right.

                                                 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 patients’ physical, social, and emotional well-being.

Recreational therapists work in hospitals or nursing and residential care facilities. They also work in places such as substance abuse centers, rehabilitation centers, special education departments, and parks and recreation departments.

Salary:  Median annual wage is $42,280

Educational requirements:

Most recreational therapists need a bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy or a related field. Recreational therapy programs include courses in assessment, human anatomy, medical and psychiatric terminology, characteristics of illnesses and disabilities. To become a recreational therapist it is required to have a license and certificate.

Recreational therapists require having important qualities like compassion, critical-thinking skills, leadership skills, listening skills, patience, and speaking skills.

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Reflection: I think I would like to be a recreational therapist but at the same time I wouldn’t but it sounds interesting.

Student Success Statement

“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it.” –William Penn

Reflection: I believe that doing what is right doesn't always satisfy every individual; maybe it’s doing wrong that satisfies them. I can personally agree with this quote because I have personally seen or pretty much been through this where sometimes I'm the only one that wants to do what’s right while everyone does wrong. I pretty much go against the crowd when it comes to choosing the right because I know the consequences that will turn out for me. Even though it may seem that no one is with you when deciding what is right, it’s usually the fear of other to get out of the little “popular” crowd because they fear what they are going to say about them. I don't know how I do it when it comes to not going along with the crowd because they might say I’m different but I know that I’m the brave one to be myself and to not let anyone else control my decisions. I try my best to choose the right and it doesn't bother me if I’m the only one choosing it because I know a God that has given me discernment to know what the right thing to do.

Thoracic Surgeon

                                            

Duties and Responsibilities:

A thoracic surgeon is a medical doctor who performs operations on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the chest. This also includes surgeons who can be called cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, general thoracic surgeons, and congenital surgeons.

Thoracic surgeons operate on diseases and can treat:

·         Coronary artery disease or blockages of the arteries in the heart

·         Leaking heart valve (s)

·         Lung cancer

·         Swallowing disorders such as achalasia

·         Cancer of the esophagus

·         Arterial septal defects

Salary:   $300,000-$500,000

Educational Requirements:

Thoracic surgeons have to graduate from medical school and most commonly will go on to complete a five-year general surgery residency. After this they must successfully matriculate through an approved cardiothoracic surgery residency program for either two or three years. Some thoracic surgeons choose to do additional training in a sub-specialized area but this training is largely optional, except for congenital heart surgery.

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Reflection: I don't think I would like to be a thoracic surgeon because I’m not interested in this field.

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 popular, but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right.                      –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   

                                                                    

Reflection:

Sometimes we ask ourselves these questions in certain situations, but the real question we should ask ourselves is 'is it right?', ‘are we brave enough’. Are we really brave enough to actually do what’s right even if it’s not popular? We tend to go with the crowd just to be accepted but we need to know that what is popular is wrong and what no one does is right. We need courage to choose the right and ask questions that will uplift us and give us a feeling to keep fighting and moving forward. Keep walking forward and never look back. Choose the right.
 

Radiologic Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Radiologic technologists use x-ray machines, magnetic resonance scanners, positron emission scanners, and other technologically advanced machines. All the machines are used to help diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries under the direction of a physician.

They are responsible for explaining and getting patients ready for radiological tests and treatment that will be performed. They place the equipment at the right distance and right angle from the patient to make the appropriate images for the physician.

Salary: $24,000-$36,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school. To become a registered radiologic technologist, students must complete a two year training program in a hospital or school. A high school diploma or GED certificate is required for entry in these programs.

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Reflection: I don't think I would like to be a radiologic technician because it’s not a field that interests me.

Radiation Therapist

                                                 

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

Educational requirements:

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.

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Reflection: I don’t think I would like to be a radiation therapist because it’s not a field that catches my attention.

Student Success Statement

"Let us have faith that right makes right, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it" -Abraham Lincoln

Reflection: I believe that a persons faith will lead them to righteousness no matter the situation. All we need to do is to believe that even though it may seem hard, it will help us and we will understand why we went through that path in the end. We will grow wiser and stronger.Choose the right.


   

Student Success Statement

“The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem.” – Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Reflection:

There is always a reward when we do right, it’s not always a material or an object but it can be a good feeling in us that can be enough as our reward. Choosing the right can increase your self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. We should never doubt in our potential because then all of these emotions will disappear. Choose the right in every situation because you know the reward you will win first from within. Choose the right.

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.

~        Developing mental health programs.

~        Conducting research and teaching.

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 psychology major.

Clinical psychologists must complete a two-year supervised internship after earning their doctorate and pass oral and written state qualifying exams. School psychologist must earn at least a master’s degree.

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Reflection: I would like to be a psychologist because I’m interested in helping others and in this field. It has caught my attention after everything I've passed through and I want to help others with their situations.

                        When you tell a lie - Paul hatch

When you tell one lie, it leads to another

So you tell two lies to cover each other

Then you tell three lies and, oh brother

You’re in trouble in your ears!

So you tell four lies to try to protect you

Then you tell five lies so folks won’t suspect you

Then you tell six lies and you’ll collect

A life filled a life with worries and fears

‘Cause you can’t remember how many lies you've told

And half the things you say aren't true

And sometime you’ll slip-up, you’ll trip up and then

Whatever will become of you?

So you lie and lie without even trying

And each lie you tell will keep multiplying

‘Till the whole wide world will know you’re lying

Then you’ll be

Suspected

Detected

Rejected

Neglected

Disliked

And you should!

When you lie, you’re closing the door

On everything good.

Student Success Statement

“Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.”

 –Thomas Edison, Inventor

Reflection: the world that we live in today has conditioned us to think that the value of an individual consists of what they have, when in reality it’s based on who they are. People see more value in money, cars, gold, diamonds, clothing, shoes, and houses. They prefer to live of the material of this world instead of a gift that God has given us, our lives. With so much distraction of wanting material, we tend to forget the true value in ourselves, which is worth more than any material or object. We are worth more than any money or riches can buy. Each one of you is a different individual with a different value and you show your value in the way you speak and act. Don’t forget the value in you, we are all princesses and princes’ of God and no one or anything can make us more or less than how God created us. Be yourself even if everyone goes against you, know that there is someone who accepts you and wouldn't change you, he made you who you are, don’t change for someone else, He is God. Be the true you J. Choose the right.

                                            Psychiatric Aide-Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Psychiatric technician and aids care for people who have mental illness and developmental disabilities. Technicians typically provide therapeutic care. Aides help patients in their daily activities and ensure a safe, clean environment. Psychiatric technicians and aides work in psychiatric hospitals, residential metal health facilities, and related healthcare settings. They may spend much of their shift on their feet, and they have high injury and illness rates

Salary:  median annual wage: $30,050

Educational requirements:

To become a psychiatric aide technician you typically need post-secondary education, and aides need at least a highs school diploma. Technicians and aides get on-the-job training.

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Reflection: I don’t think I would like to be a psychiatric aide technician because it’s something that doesn't interests me.

Student Success Statement

 “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in Determination”- Tommy Lasorda

Reflection:

The only thing that stops an individual from reaching a goal/dream is the word “impossible”. If we could just stop focusing on what we can’t do and focus on what we can do, so many goals/dreams would have been already achieved. The word impossible is feared by those that don’t know the potential they have. Fear is best friends with impossible because they both stop a person from achieving or even starting something. For example, when i have lots of homework i still choose to stay up as late until i finish that homework for a good grade. It might be extremely hard impossible for me to talk in front of a large group but all I need to do is be determined to trust in God and he will give me courage and take away all fear and show me what to say.Choose the right.  

    

                                                  Pharmacy Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Pharmacy technicians work at pharmacies under the direction of a pharmacist. Their main job is filling prescriptions according to doctors’ orders for patients. Technicians measure out correct amounts of medication from larger containers to prescription size containers. They also add drugs to intravenous solutions. All of their prescriptions filling work is rechecked by a pharmacist before medications are dispensed to patients or customers.

Other duties of pharmacy technicians are:

Checking inventories and ordering supplies.

·         Receiving and checking in supplies.

·         Waiting on customers

·         Keeping pharmacy work areas clean

·         Helping fill out insurance forms

Pharmacy technicians work in retail pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, and some large industrial complexes.

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.

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Reflection: I don’t think I would like to be a pharmacy technician because it involves math and chemistry, which are the two subjects I don’t like.

Student Success Statement

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined.”

-Henry David Thoreau

  

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined.”

-Henry David Thoreau

 

Reflection:

 Our dreams are the direction in our life, our purpose of living. As we plan out our life, we should walk confidently towards those dreams. Just don’t let your dreams just be dreams, make them come true. We can all have a fantasy world where we would like to live, but if we don’t try to make it real, we’ll only live there through our imagination. Take action to bring dreams into reality that we can be proud of the life we live in. We just need to understand that our plans or dreams should be placed in the hands of God before we even try to pursue them. He is the one who decides where we will be heading. He already has a plan for each of us that we don’t know about we just need to trust His will. Not everything we dream of will come true because God decides what’s best for us. Choose the right.