Student Success Statement

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

-Anon

This quote is trying to tell us that there will never be just one single step to get to something great. There is no magic button. You can just do one thing and get everything you’ve dreamed of. You have to make several steps. You take a lot of small steps and eventually get it. You will get what you want but you have to work toward it. It’s the little steps that count for everything. Just keep on taking all of those small steps. One day you will see that everything you’ve ever wanted sits right in front of your eyes.

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 per year

$20.33 per hour

Education:

Most people need a bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy although doctorate and master’s degrees are also available. A supervised internship of at least 560 hours is needed. . Therapists must also take continuing education classes to maintain certification.

I would not like to be one, as the pay seems pretty low and it also seems like a lot of work

Student Success Statement

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

-William Penn

This quote gets its point across very directly. It says exactly what it means to say. If something is right, it is right. If something is wrong, it is wrong. Sometimes people might prefer to do something even if it is wrong. Sometimes people may not want something even if it is right. This does not change whether or not that thing is right. Do the right thing even if everyone says not to. Don’t do the wrong thing even if everyone tells you to do it.  Maybe you’re with your friends and you’re walking on the street. You spot an old lady trying to cross. You say to your friends that they should all try to help her. Everyone says no and to just leave her alone. You choose to do the right thing even though your friends said not to

Thoracic Surgeon

Duties and Responsibilities:

A thoracic surgeon performs heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs in the chest. The thoracic surgeon is responsible for all anesthesia, and cutting open and stitching of the patient. The thoracic surgeon also prescribes medication for pain relief and a quick recovery.

Salary:

$101,736-$486,053

Education:

You need a completion of any four-year that meets the prerequisites needed to get into medical school, four years in medical school, five years in a surgical residency program, and two to three years of advanced training in cardiothoracic surgery.

I would like to be one as the job offers a very high pay.

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 on that it is right.”

-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This quote is trying to say that many other sorts of customs and mentalities ask things of certain situations. There are spots in your mind that ask questions about things, whether you should do them or not, even if they’re not right. One day there will come a time where you must choose something, not because it is safe, politic, or popular, but because it is the right thing to do.

Radiologic Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Radiologic Technologists perform diagnostic imaging examinations, like x-rays on patients and manage the kind of equipment used. They keep detailed records and evaluate the images taken with cameras.  They have a responsibility to make sure the patient is as safe as can be at all times. They work in many kinds of health practices.

Salary:

$55,910 per year

$26.88 per hour

Education:

Students should take the most challenging math, science, 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 into these programs.

I would not like to be one; the payout seems a little low.

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

          Lincoln is trying to get the point across that positive acts should spawn more positive acts. We must take away that mentality that doing the right thing won’t do anything good for the world. We have to do what we have to do and we should not let anything get in the way of what is right for us and for everyone else.

Radiation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Radiation therapists administer radiation treatments and explain them to questions while answering questions as well. Follow safety procedures to protect the patient and themselves from overexposure to radiation and make sure the machines are working properly. They X ray the patient to determine the exact location of the area requiring treatment and operate radiation machines. They closely monitor the patient as well.

Salary:

$77,560 per year
$37.29 per hour

Education:

Candidates may qualify by completing a 12 month program but those who have Associate's or Bachelors degrees are favored by employers.

I would like to work in this field because it is interesting and pays well.

Student Success Statement

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

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

-Dr.Laura Schlessinger

This quote is trying to say that there really isn’t a physical reward for doing something that is right. You don’t receive money, food, or praise for being a Good Samaritan. What you do get is internal feelings, feelings of self-respect, dignity, and happiness. You feel like a good person for doing a good thing and that’s all you get.

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.  They work in a variety of health establishments as well as private practice

Salary: 

$45,000 - $65,000

Education:

AP and IB classes should be taken with a focus on 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.

I would like to be a Psychologist, I want to help people and better understand the human brain.

Student Success Statement

“Right is only right when entire”

-Victor Hugo

          This quote is trying to say that you can only do the right thing if you are completely right. You can’t do two good things then one bad thing and still be right. If you want to truly right you must be entirely right. For example, if you donate five million dollars to a charity, but you got that money by running an extensive drug operation by selling methamphetamine throughout multiple states, it doesn’t make you a good person; you’re still a bad one.

Student Success Statement

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

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

This quote is trying to tell us that when we persist at something, it becomes easier to do. It doesn’t become easier because the thing itself has changed; it becomes easier because we have a better ability to do this thing. Maybe one day you decide you want to start playing basketball. You have only just begun so you probably aren’t very good at it at all. But maybe eventually you could start getting better, then better, then better. Then in a few years you could be playing in the NBA as one of the core players on your team.

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.  Their duties include designing treatment programs, conducting psychotherapy sessions, prescribing potent mental illness drugs, supervising electrotherapy treatments, conducting research, and lead a team of mental health team providers.

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.

I wouldn't like to be a psychiatrist, I don't think I would be too good at giving advice.

When You Tell One 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 up to 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 with worries and fears

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

And half the things you said aren’t true

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

Whatever will become of you?

So you lie without even trying

And each lie you tell will be 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

          This quote is telling you that no matter what you own and how much money you have, your personality will always be the person you are. If you have 10 imported cars a huge mansion and 2 billion dollars, none of that will matter if you’re a self-righteous, arrogant, cocky jerk. This quote is often presented in the media with rich celebrities yelling at their fans or doing obscene things in public just because they’re rich.

Psychiatric Aide - Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: 
The main responsibility of a psychiatric aid is to provide assistance and care services to mentally ill and/or emotionally disturbed patients. As a psychiatric aide, you work directly under the supervision of a medical team. You also assist patients with making their beds, taking their medications, completing paperwork, bathing, getting dressed, grooming, eating, completing tasks, attending doctor’s and therapy appointments and socializing with others. They monitor patients and provide emotional care. They need to observe them and help them adjust to medical routines.

Salary:

$27,440 per year

$13.19 per hour

Education:

At least a high school diploma is needed but they get on-the-job training. Psychiatric technician programs include courses in biology, psychology, and counseling. The programs also may include supervised work experience or cooperative programs, in which students gain academic credit for structured work experience. Programs for psychiatric technicians range in length from 1 semester to 2 years, and they may award a certificate or an associate’s degree. Postsecondary courses in psychology or mental health technology may be helpful.

I wouldn’t like to be one, the job seems to offer a low pay for such difficult work.

Student Success Statement

“The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in the determination”

-Tommy Lasorda

          This quote is trying to tell you that anything you’ve ever wanted is possible as long as you are determined to get what you want. All you have to do is keep trying and trying and trying and all you’ve ever wanted will come to you. If you want an expensive phone but you have no one that will pay it for you, you must take it into your hands and earn money to buy it.

Student Success Statement

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

-Henry David Thoreau

          This quote does not really have much to interpret. It is very straight-forward and it just tells you what you should do and that it is a good idea. Just go and do what you have always wanted to accomplish. Don’t hold back because of what others may say. If you want to be a rocket scientist, then go ahead and become one!

Pharmacist

Duties and Responsibilities:

                Pharmacists compound, or prepare, prescriptions written by practitioners.  They review these prescriptions to validate their accuracy and then prepare the medication.  They weigh, measure, and mix drugs and then they are dispensed to the patients. Pharmacists answer patients' and customers' questions about the drugs they are taking and otc drugs.  In some cases, pharmacists are responsible for taking inventory of the drugs on the shelves and ordering any which they are low on. Pharmacists work in hospitals, clinics, health departments, universities, and grocery, drug, and discount stores. 

Salary:

$33,000 - $51,000

Education:

AP or IB classes available in English, science, and math should be taken. All pharmacists must graduate from a college of pharmacy.  Most pharmacy schools require applicants to take the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (P-CAT), and some require up to two years of pre-pharmacy education.  Other colleges will admit students directly from high school.

I wouldn’t like to be a pharmacist. The job seems like it would get boring very quickly