Student Success Statement 

"I will persist until I succeed"

-Og Mandino 

Reflection: Never ever give up what you are trying to do. Always reach until you succeed head to the stars reach for the sky until you reach your goal and until your going to the right path.

Perfusionist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical perfusionists operate circulation equipment during medical situations when it is necessary to temporarily and artificially replace the patient’s circulatory or respiratory functions. Perfusionists also control the temperature of patients during surgery.  Their duties include:

Ø  Operating heart-lung machines

Ø  Administering some types of anesthesia

Ø  Administering some types of medication

 Salary: There average salary is about $50,000

Educational: A high school diploma with a good background in biology and chemistry is required to be accepted in perfusionist training programs.  Admissions preference is given to students with college science work or experience in respiratory therapy and medical terminology. Perfusionist training programs are given at academic health centers and medical schools and universities. Course length varies, but for the school to be recognized by the American Academy of Cardiac Perfusionists the curriculum must include the supervised performance of 150 procedures to include 20 pediatric and infant cases.

Reflection: I don't think i would like to be one of these because i don't find it interesting.

Student Success Statement

"Nothing in the world can take the place of 

Persistence

TALENT will not; nothing is more 

common than unsuccessful men with

talent.

GENIUS will not; unrewarded genius

 is almost a proverb.

EDUCATION will not; the world is full of 

educated derelicts.

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan

 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race" 

-President Calvin Coolidge 

Never give up on your dream. The talent that you have right now will take you to a place that make you be successful. You will become proud of yourself and proud of your talent. Keep moving forward and make it work.

Patients Representative

Duties and responsibilities:

Patient Representatives work for healthcare administrators to address the concerns and special needs of patients and their families.  They evaluate patient satisfaction, investigate complaints, collect information about patient dissatisfaction, work with departments to resolve patient problems, and educate staff.

Salary: The average salary they get is about $20,000 - $40,000

 Educational: Students should take the most challenging high school courses in business, science, math, and English. Requirements differ, but most employers prefer college graduates with background in health or social services.

 Reflection: I would not like to be one of these because I don’t find this interesting.

Student Success Statement

"Persistence can change failure 

into extraordinary achievement."

- Matt Biondi 

I think this quote means that if you keep failing get back up and keep trying until you make success because you can do anything you want. Success will make you go to a better place then failure.

Osteopathic Physician, D.O.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Osteopathic physicians use accepted methods of diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases.  Although they practice in all branches of medicine and surgery like allopathic physicians (M.D.s), they differ by emphasizing the importance of the musculature system, holistic medicine, proper nutrition, and environmental factors in maintaining good health.  Osteopaths use a hands-on approach to medicine and frequently manipulate or palpate as part of diagnosis and treatment.  They work primarily in osteopathic hospitals or private practice, however many allopathic hospitals now accept osteopathic physicians as staff members.  .

 Salary: The average salary they get is about  $110,000

Education: Students should take the most challenging high school courses (including AP or IB courses) available in science, math, and English. After three or four years of college, prospective physicians must attend medical school.  Undergraduate requirements for admission to all medical schools include one year of basic chemistry, one year of organic chemistry, one year of biology, and one year of physics.  Some medical schools also require course work in calculus, English, the humanities, or social science.

Reflection: I think I would like to be one of these because if someone is injured I can go help them because I love to help people. 

Student Success Statement 

The answers to these questions will determine your success or failure : 

1. Can people trust me to do whats right? 
2. Am i committed to doing my very best? 
3. Do i treat people how i want to be treated?

If the answers to these questions are YES, there is no way you can fail."

-Lou Holtz

My answer to these questions are YES, because i can be trustworthy, i can commit to stuff, and i do treat people how i want to be treated because its not fair if i wanted to be treated nice and i don't treat them nice and if they trust me i can also trust them and if they commit to stuff i'll join to commit.   

Optometrist

Duties and responsibilities:

Optometrists treat vision problems. They treat vision problems by diagnosing the problem and then prescribing corrective eyeglasses, contact lenses, or vision therapy. Some optometrist specializes in industrial vision safety.

Salary: It’s about $80,000

Education: Students interested in becoming an optometrist should take the most challenging high school courses (AP or IB) available in math, science, and English.

Reflection: I think I would like to be one of these because I love helping people in their body .

Student Success Statement 

"Never look to the ground for your next step. 

Greatness belongs to those who

look to the horizon."

- Bud Greenspan 

I think this quote means if you are trying to accomplish something don't look back or to the ground always keep looking forward and think positive about your self reach the success and feel proud about you self that you'v always wanted to do. 

Orthotist

Duties and responsibilities:

Orthotists work with patients that need extra support for their muscles, spine, or limbs. Both design, make, and fit apparatuses made made of plastic, wood, leather, and metal that help stabilize, strength or replace body parts.

Salary: the salary they get is about $25,000-$40,000

Education: Students should take challenging science, math, and English courses in high school. Some colleges and university offer bachelor degree in orthotic and prosthetic programs.

Reflection: I think I would not like to be one of these because I don’t fine this interesting.

Summery of the Video

The video of John F. Kennedy was about him telling the countries to work out and eat healthy for we all be healthy and be energetic for we wont be lazy and we can be exercising for our body can be use to the excercise and work hard in our jobs.

Student Success Statement 

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamics 

and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body 

and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet 

understood. But we do know what the Greeks knew: 

that intelligence and skill can only function
at the peak of their capacity when

the body is healthy and 

strong,"

- President John F. Kennedy 

I think this quote means that John wanted us to be all skinny and eat really healthy for the whole united states can grow strong. We can grow strong and fight back to make a better war who ever wants to get a war with us.

Optician

Duties and responsibilities:

Opticians fit and dispense eyeglasses for patients based upon prescriptions written by ophthalmologists or optometrists. Optician’s help the customer’s select eyeglasses frames and then measure their faces so that correct size frames can be ordered.

Salary:  The salary they get is about $19,000 - $40,000

Education: Students Should take high school courses in physics, algebra, mechanical drawing, and geometry. A high school diploma or GED certificate is needed to begin training as an optician.

Reflection: I don’t think I would like to be one of these because this is not my future.

Student Success Statement 

" No students ever attains eminent success by simple 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 

I think this quote means that if you do grate thing grate things will come to you and you will be happy and start to help out on the community and people. Greatness of ultimate will come to you for ever.

Optical Laboratory Technicians

Duties and responsibilities:

Optical Laboratory Technicians grind and fit eyeglasses lenses into frames according to prescriptions written by ophthalmologists or optometrists. Technicians set lens grinding machine so that lens blanks are ground and polished. They then fit the polished lenses into eyeglasses frames and depending upon where they work fit the frames to the patients.

Salary: They get about $15,000 - $20,000

Education: A high school diploma or GED certificate is needed to begin optical laboratory training. Training programs last between six months and one year and are provided by vocational schools and community colleges.

Reflection: I don’t think I would like to be one of this because this is not my future.

Ophthalmologists

Duties and responsibilities:

Ophthalmologists are physicians who specialize in the treatment of eye disorders and disease. They treat vision problems and write prescriptions for both pharmaceuticals and corrective eyeglasses lenses. When necessary, they preform eye surgery. Most ophthalmologists are in private practice.

Salary: The average salary they get is about $9,000-$150,000

Education: Only physicians may study to become ophthalmologists. After completing medical school and an internship, an ophthalmologists must then complete a three to five year residency in an approved ophthalmologists program.

Reflection: I think I would like to be one of these because they earn lots of money and it sounds interesting.

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Student Success Statement 

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher

standard than anybody else expects of 

you. Never excuse yourself." 

-Henry Ward Beecher 

I think this quote means that if you make a lie that is not the right thing to do or if you excuse yourself out of a mistake you made to be honest and face the consequences and take the hit because your the one that caused

the problem.

Ophthalmic Technician

Duties and responsibilities:

Ophthalmic technicians or technologists help ophthalmologists collect data and measurements to allow the correct diagnosis and treatment of eye disease and problems. They work at hospitals, clinics, or for ophthalmologists in private practice.

Salary: The average salary the get is about $14-$25k

Education: students will need a high school diploma or GED certificate and two years of collage prior to beginning ophthalmologists training programs.

Reflection: I think I would not like to be one of these technicians because it doesn’t sound interesting.

Progress Report Post 

So i have learned a new trick called tail slide 360 shuvit out. That trick is really amazing and i got so proud of myself that i actually learned the trick i wanted to land and that trick was really hard to get. That is one of my best tricks now.

Student Success Statement 

"Goal setting is goal 

getting. Set and get." 

-  Mark Victor Hansen 

I think this quote means that when you set your goal and you keep trying and trying and trying till you try so hard you will get that goal achieved and you will be proud of your self. 

Ex. I keep trying a trick called tail slid 360 shuvit out and i actually achieved that and i got so happy.

Operating Room Technicians

Duties and responsibilities:

Operating room technicians are also called surgical technicians or surgical technologists. They assist in preparing operating rooms for surgery. They are responsible for having surgical instruments, sterile bandages and linens, needed fluids, and other equipment ready for the operation. They may also assist doctors to hand them the tool they need to operate.

Average salary: the average salary they get is about $16,000-$22,000

Education: A high school diploma or GED certificate is required. Many vocational and junior colleges offer programs in operating room technology, and training may also be taken at large hospitals.

Reflection: I think I would not be one of these because this

is not my future goal.