Student Success Statement

                      "There is no giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps."

                                                                 -ANON

I believe this quote means that you don't reach success easily in just one step it takes time and obstacles to get to success. It’s a lot of little steps to reach success which means it doesn't just happen overnight.  Always try your best every day to be the best. For example if you want to become the best basketball player in the world you have to train the best you can and try your best to be the best. You don’t wake up the best you have to work little by little to be the best. Taking little steps to become the best is the best way to become successful.

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 in May 2012.

Education:

Most are required a bachelor’s degree in recreational therapy or in a related field. Most employers, especially those in hospitals and other clinical setting prefer to hire certified recreational therapists. To become certified you must have a bachelor’s degree, completion of a supervised internship and pass an exam.

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.

 I believe this statement is true. Coward people are afraid so they're always wondering if it's safe for them. If it's not they probably won't do it. Like trying to succeed, if they think it's better to just play it safe and not take a risk. Expediency thinks if it's inconvenient in any way, they're not going to try or try to be immoral to get what they want, etc. Although, they know it's not right to be immoral in any way and have to do things the right and proper way. Also being different is a risk we should all be willing to take. Even if it means that you will not fit in with the crowed but you are choosing the right always believe in yourself and be yourself not what others want you to be.

                      Radiation Therapy Technologist  

Duties and Responsibilities:

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.

Average Salary:

 $22,000 - $36,000

Educational Requirements:

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.

                                          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)

What this statement means to me is to make us understand what’s right, I feel that all the negativity we have towards each other should change. We need to do the right thing so everything can go well. For example, if you are told to do something and you have a partner who is not listening you need to keep doing the right thing and encourage them to do the right thing as well. You always have to choose the right.

                     Radiation Therapy Technologist 

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. 

Average Salary:  $22,000 - $36,000

Educational Requirements:

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.

                                               Student Success Statement

   "The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem."                                                                                      

                                                - Dr. Laura Schlessinger

I believe this quote means that when you do right you might get a reward that is material, but you also feel rewarded from the inside, you feel great, you want to do the right more often, you feel better about yourself.  That if you have four things self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem that you will get through life with a positive achieving mind that will make you think more pride of yourself. 

                                                        Psychologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

They study the behavior and actions of people to understand, explain, and change their behavior patterns. Psychologists also provide therapy and counseling to people with emotional, learning, and behavior problems. They diagnose and treat problems, interview and observe patients, develop, select, and administrate tests, develop mental health programs, and conduct research and teach. Psychologists may specialize in clinical, educational, quantitative, developmental, and industrial- organizational psychology.  They may work in schools, hospitals, clinics, and private practice.

Average Salary: $45,000-$65,000

Education:

Students who would like to become a psychologist should the most challenging (AP or IB) high school courses available, especially in English and science. Psychologists that are licensed must earn a Ph.D. in psychology. To be admitted into graduate programs is usually based 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.

                                                            Student Success Statement

                                                    "Right is right only when entire."                

                                                                     -Victor Hugo

I believe this quote means that right is right when you do everything as in like you choose to do your homework which is doing the right but you had copied off someone then thats not choosing the right. The only way that things can be right is if you choose the right. For example if you are in the NBA and you use steroids and your winning lots of championships. It isn’t right because you cheated to win and you don’t deserve anything.

          Psychiatrist

Duties and Responsibilities:

They are physicians who focus on mental illness problems. Psychiatrist design treatment problems, conduct psychotherapy sessions, prescribe drugs, supervise electrotherapy treatments, conduct research, and lead a team of mental health care providers. They may work for the government, have their own private practice, or work in hospitals, clinics, or universities.

Average Salary: $90,000 -$200,000  

Education:

They need to complete the requirements for a degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine, and also physicians must complete a three year residency in psychiatry.

I’m not sure if I would like to be one or not it does interest me a bit but I’m not sure if I want to go down that road.

            When You Tell One Lie by 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 fur 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 say arnt true

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

What will become of you?

So you lie and lie without 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

What I think that this quote means is that if you work hard and your work is presentable in life then you will be seen as a man who works hard. What makes you who you are how hard you work and how you treat others. Working hard and been fair is what makes you who you are. Just because you have many valuable positions doesn’t mean you are a valued person who takes care of others. For example if you have millions of dollars and a huge house and a family, yet you're cheating on your wife and you got all that money and that house through stealing and being a crook that doesn't make you a good and trustworthy person. On the other hand, if you're not so rich and struggling but you're noble and always tell the truth. If you, are respectful to people, you are a good person and better person than the rich one.

                                           Psychiatric Aide- technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Many psychiatric technicians and aides work with patients who are severely developmentally disabled and need intensive care. Others work with patients undergoing rehabilitation for drug and alcohol addiction. The work of psychiatric technicians and aides varies depending on the types of patients they work with.

Salary: $24,000-$34,000

Education:

Psychiatric technicians typically enter the occupation with a postsecondary certificate. Programs in psychiatric or mental health technology are commonly offered by community colleges and technical schools.

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.

                              Student Success Statement

                    “The difference between the impossible the possible

                          Lies in DETERMINATION”

                                    Tommy Lasorda  

What I think that this statement means is that the only way to accomplish the impossible is to be determined that you can accomplish the impossible. There is no such thing as something being completely impossible, everything can be accomplished but it also depends on how much determination you apply in order to achieve it. Determination is one of the keys to opening and reaching success, if you don’t show determination on achieving your goals, then it’s more likely that you won’t accomplish reaching them. For example if you think it is impossible to go to college but you really want to go, you have to be determined to go and you will go.

           Pharmacy Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Pharmacy Technicians fill in prescriptions according to the doctor’s order for patients. Technicians measure out correct amounts of medication. Other duties of pharmacy technicians are:

·       Checking inventories and other supplies.

·       Receiving and checking in supplies.

·       Waiting on customers.

·       Keeping pharmacy work areas clean

·       Helping fill out insurance forms

Average Salary: $15,000-$25,000

Educational Requirements:

Students in high school should take make, science, and chemistry courses. A high school diploma is required to begin pharmacy technician training. Two years courses leading to certificates are available at most community colleges.

                                                         Student Success Statement

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

                                                            -Henry David Thoreau  

 What I think this quote means that you have to be able to live the life that you have also dreamt of. You need to follow your dreams with confidence. You need to live the life you have imagined because everything is possible and if you want to be a millionaire then you have to set your goals to be a millionaire. If you dream it you can accomplish it if you work hard enough. Everyone should try their best to accomplish there goals. For example if your dream is to live in a million dollar house then you should set it as your goal and accomplish it.