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.