Optometrist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Optometrists treat vision problems. They treat vision problems and then prescribing corrective eyeglasses, contact lenses, or vision therapy. Some optometrist specialize in industrial vision safety, treatment of vision related learning disabilities, and environmental vision care. Unlike ophthalmologists they are not physicians and may not write medical prescriptions, treat diseases, or perform surgery.

Average Salary:

 $78,000

Educational Requirements:

Students interested in becoming an optometrist should take the most challenging high school courses  available in math, science, and English. Before entering an optometry school at least two years of college in a pre-professional program is required. Optometry school is four years in length. After being awarded the degree of Doctor of Optometry, optometrist must pass state exams before starting to practice.

                                              Student Success Statement

"Never look to the ground for your next step. Greatness belongs to those who look to the horizon."

                                    -Bud Greenspan

. If you're always in the same place your entire life, none of you will succeed and becoming something successful. You have to look to forward in order to succeed. You cannot succeed when you're just staying in the same place and looking and moving forward. Always think positive and get rid of the negative, make sure to always look to the future as a bright place and not a negative place and you will always have good things.

                                                                        Optician

Duties and Responsibilities:

They fit and dispense eyeglasses for patients based upon prescriptions written by ophthalmologist or optometrists. They help the customers select eyeglass frames and then measure their faces so that the right size for frames is ordered. Opticians may have their own retail store or work for an optical store. Some may also work for optometrists and ophthalmologists who sell eyeglasses.

Average Salary: $19,000 -$40,000

Education:

Students who would like to become an optician should take high school courses in physics, algebra, mechanical drawing, and geometry. A high school diploma or a GED diploma is required to begin training as an optician. Students can either an approved two-year course at a school of opticianry or they can complete a three year on-the-job apprenticeship.

I don't think I would like to become an optician because I don’t find it as a interesting career for me.   \

                         Student Success Statement

"No student ever attains eminent success by simply doing what is required of him/her, it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."           

                                                  

                                            - Charles Kendall Adams, American Historian

 What I think this quote means is if you actually want to be successful in life you have to do more than what is expected of you. If you just do what is expected of you, you will be average you will be doing the same thing that the rest are doing. You must go beyond what is expected of you to actually be able to stand out. For example if your teacher tell you to only finish half of the work and you go ahead and the all of it for extra work and you challenge yourself to do better you will be better because you push yourself to do good.

Optical Laboratory Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

They fit and grind eyeglasses into frames according to prescriptions written by ophthalmologists. They make the lens polished and then they fit them into the eyeglass frames. Optical laboratory technicians may work in optical laboratories or for ophthalmologists or optometrists. They may also work in retail stores that have optical departments.

Average Salary: $15,000-$20,000

Education:

Students who would like to become an optical laboratory technician must have a GED certificate or high school diploma which is needed to begin training. Training programs last between six months and one year. Some of the optical departments in retail stores offer on-the-job training.

I don’t think I would like to become an optical laboratory technician because I would like a career in which I could get a higher education and this career really doesn't 

                                                    STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT

  “DOING WHAT IS RIGHT, FAIR AND HONORABLE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WINNING  OR LOSING.”

 What I think that this quote means is that you always have to choose what is right even though at the end you loose. What matters at the end is that you tried your best and you choose to play fair and honorable. For example if you are playing a basketball game and you notice that the other team isn’t playing fair then you shouldn't go al9ong and start cheating as well. Another example could be if you are playing a sport and you take drugs to be faster and stronger then you are cheating and is not a fair and honorable thing to do. It is better to lose with honor then win in shame.

    Ophthalmologist  

Duties and Responsibilities:

Ophthalmologists are physicians who specialize in the treatment of eye disorders and diseases.  They treat vision problems and write prescriptions for both pharmaceuticals and corrective eyeglass lenses.  When necessary, they perform eye surgery.  Most ophthalmologists are in private practice, however some are employed by hospitals or clinics, and others perform research.

Average Salary:  $90,000 - $150,000

Educational Requirements:

Only physicians may study to become ophthalmologists.  After completing medical school and an internship, an ophthalmologist must then complete a three to five year residency in an approved ophthalmology program.  After completing their residency program they must pass an examination to be certified.