Ben Carson

• Born in the slums of Detroit, in deep poverty
• His mother and father divorced.
• His mother cam from a family of 24 children
• His mother couldn't read
• His mother raised Ben and his brother, Curtis
• Ben was the worst student in his grade school class
• Ben becomes top student in his school
• Ben becomes a world renowned doctor

Student Success Statement

"I hated poverty. Poverty is more of a choice than anything else, and I can change that. It depends upon how hard I want to work, and I decided that I would change that."

                  -Dr. Ben Carson 

Reflection: To me, this quote means that we have a choice in our life, to be poor or to work hard. Living in poverty is the choice of the person according to Carson, because how high up you climb that ladder to success all depends on the work your willing to give to get there.

Eastern Medicine Doctor

Duties and responsibilities: Treat illness but also focus on strengthening the body’s defenses and enhancing its capacity for healing and to maintain health.

Salary: $52,000

Education: Bachelor’s or associate’s degree and 4 years of training 

Reflection: I would not like to become an eastern medicine doctor because it uses herbal remedies and acupuncture which are two things I would not like to work with.

Student Success Statement

"You can't be right by doing wrong; you can't be wrong by doing right." 

-Thomas S. Monson

Reflection:This quote means to me that one who does the right thing will always be right. The wrong thing will never be right and the right will never be wrong. This system can change and so you must always choose the right and you will be right.

Student Success Statement

"Enthusiasm makes the difference" 

-Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

Reflection: This quote means to me that with everything done, the ones done with enthusiasm are the best. Enthusiasm gives the difference of having to do something to wanting to do something and doing it right.

Student Success Statement

"I wasn't trying to leave a legacy. I was trying to do what was right." 

-Dean Smith

Reflection: This quote by Smith means to me that he believed in being a good person. He always chose the right and helped others and by doing that, he built a winning team and left a life long legacy. He wasn't aiming to be a great legacy, he was aiming to be fair and right.

FBI behavioral analysis Agent (BAU)

Duties and responsibilities: BAU personnel collaborate closely with federal, local and international law enforcement agencies to produce accurate recreations of violent crimes, provide a psychological framework for such crimes and predict the likely actions of violent perpetrators.

Salary:  $50,000-$100,000

Education: bachelors degree at least preferably in psychology, criminology, or sociology,3 years experience, minimum. 23-37 years of age, good visual and physical health, possess a valid drivers license.

Reflection: I would like to become a BAU federal agent because it is working inside a high profile criminal's mind through psychology and behavior so i think that would be a very interesting career choice.

Student Success Statement

 "It's not about how to achieve your dreams. It's about how to lead your life the right way, the karma (destiny, fortune, good luck) will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you." -Dr. Randy Pausch

Reflection: I think that what Dr. Pausch meant by this quote is that if you do good things and live your life the right way, the good life will come to you, just as karma. Its not all about achieving the life long dreams but about getting their with good fortune and not bad intentions.

Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) doctor 

Duties and responsibilities: They evaluate a patients health and history while examining for certain symptoms that might show ailment or injury. They also help diagnose and prescribe medication.

Salary: $222,000 - $369,000

Education: Completed medical school degree, 5 year residency at least, 51 months of specialty training

Reflection: I would not like to become an ENT doctor because after researching it, it takes a lot of school and training (almost 20 years) to become one and i do not think I would want to wait that long.

Student Success Statement

“Every time I've done something that doesn't feel right, it’s ended up not being right.”

–Mario Cuomo

Reflection: This quote means to me that the initial feeling of doing something wrong should tell you that it is in fact something bad you are doing. Every time you do something bad, the feeling will not go away until you make it right. Trust your conscious, as it is most times right 

Electrocardiograph Technician

Duties and responsibilities: They perform ECG's by attaching electrodes to a patient then pulling switches on an ECG machine to trace electrical impulses made by the heart. They then give to the doctor to analyze the person's heart condition.

Salary: $30,104 annually 

Education: certificate or associates degree in cardiovascular technology

Reflection: I do not think i would like to be an ET because It works with only the heart monitor machine and that does not sound interesting to me.

Winter Break 

      This winter break consisted mainly of reading books and catching up on sleep. I went out with friends a couple of times to hangout and go to stores and such. The main part of my vacation was books and i finished reading one of my all time favorite books, Eragon, which is about a young boy and his new found dragon friend who go on a quest to overthrow the evil king, Galbotrix. I also read The cider house rules by John Irving about a young boy living in an Orphanage. I read more books on behavioral psychology and another on profilers from real criminal cases.

Besides books, a new TV series i began to watch is Criminal Minds which is about an FBI team, who work through tough cases by analyzing the criminals behavior and almost getting inside their head in order to catch the unsub. It is rapidly becoming one of my new favorite shows to watch but it will never beat Doctor Who! My vacation was quite uneventful but i still loved it as it was a break from school.

Student Success Statement

"Intelligence plus character, That is the goal of true education." 

-M.L. King Jr.

Reflection: What this quote by MLK Jr. means is that the main goal in giving and receiving an education is to not only build character but to gain intelligence and thus with both points hand in hand, you create a great person, multiply that, and you have a great world. Education helps build the greatest character in which intelligence is the key to it.

Registered Dietician

Duties and responsibilities: RD’s council and advise others on nutrition and diets. They help plan meals according to the patient.

Salary: annual salary on average is $57,000

Education: completed university/college program on dietetics/nutrition that is accredited by ACEND and AND.

Reflection: After researching this medical career I believe I would not want to become an RD. The career focuses on nutritional health and it does not sound appealing to me as I would like to be in more of a hospital environment than an office.