World Records

1. Worlds tallest man

     >Turk Sultan Kosen

     >8 ft 1 in

     >record has stood since 2011 

2. Worlds Largest Dog

     >A Great Dane, Zeus

     >3 ft 8 in, 150 lbs

     >Record set 2012

3. Most people dancing 'Thriller' by MJ

     > 13,597 people

     > At the Monument of Revolution in Mexico City

     >Record set in 2009

Favorite World record:

• Most people dresses as Smurfs 
• I am fascinated with this record because it takes place in Ireland and is also a completely random record. It was amazing that more than a thousand people joined this event, it was amusing.
• I do not think I would like to break a world record because some are very extreme and I don't believe I have the talent to go so far.

Student Success Statement

"My basic principle is that you don't make decisions because they are easy; you don't make them because they are cheap; you don't make them because they're popular; you make them because they're right."

-Theodore Hesburgh

Reflection: I think this quote means that when you make a decision you have to think morally and why the decision would be the right thing to do. For example, a person can be getting robbed and you can choose to walk away and avoid the chances of getting hurt, it would be the easy way out and won't cost you a thing; however the right thing to do would be help. You're conscious is telling you to help and you really should because you would want the help if that ever happened to you too. Making decisions shouldn't be so hard if you apply what you think is rightful. 

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Duties and responsibilities: give medication to patients, take vital signs, basic wound care, injections, entering information into computer.

Salary: $43,394

Education: High school diploma, certification, pass the national nursing exam, college level education  

Reflection: I do not think I would like to get into the licensed practical nurse career because although they are highly valued I do not have interest in being in the nursing career of medicine. 

Student Success Statement

"It is our duty to concentrate all out influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and to make popular that which is unsound (not good)"

 - Joseph Smith

Reflection: I think that this quote means that people must start popularizing good things like good grades and non smoking. The popularity at this time is to rebel and not attend school and smoke and drink, all these are not good and are unhealthy. This means that what we should start doing in making popular the good things, the healthy things like attendance at schools and anti-bullying, anti-drugs. Everyone should concentrate on making society better, not ruining with bad popular opinions. 

Home Health Aide

Duties and responsibilities: Perform duties as required by the client, accompany clients to doctors and other places, administer their medication correctly etc.

Salary: $22,000- $26,000

Education: aides require no special education and sometimes don't even require a high school diploma; HHA's are trained by other HHA's and after 75 hours of training, they are provided with an exam and if passed gives them a certification needed to work in government funded homes.

Reflection: I think working as a home health aide would be a good job to launch off into the medical career later because it requires no schooling and provides you with the social skills and patience needed when working in a medical field. I would maybe like to try to work at this job seeing the experience it can give me.

Student Success Statement 

"I am not bound to be true. I must stand with anybody that stand right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong." 

-Abraham Lincoln

Reflection: This quote means to me that Lincoln knew he wasn't always going to be right and won over the favor but what he meant when he at least tried was always true. He would stand and support the person if he was right but if he was not then Lincoln would not support him. Just like any other person should do. If someone wins but is wrong, then one should not follow, it better to lose and be right than win in the bad light. Lincoln was a rightful president and he should be a great role model to every person. He was in support of getting rid of slaves, which was the right thing to do, but in the beginning he was not favored. Later through doing the right, he stood behind everyone that knew the right thing to do and slavery was ended. 

April Fools Day

When is April fools day? April 1st of every year

What is the purpose of this holiday? People play practical jokes and pranks on each other.

What are some theories behind it? Many historians believe that in the ancient times, the new year was celebrated around March 25, after the vernal equinox. After they officially moved the New year to be in January, many people were upset with the change and continued to celebrate it on April 1st, they were known as the April Fools. The citizens would laugh at them and trick them in order to make them seem like fools.

Pros: Everyone gets a good laugh out of it, There is joy in the city, It keeps the tradition going, its a good way of pranking, enemies people are losing the joy in harmless pranks.

Cons: Many people get upset, you can't trust anyone that day, half of things are a lie.

April Fools in Ireland: It was traditional to entrust the victim with an "important letter"to be given to a names person. that person would then ask the victim to take it to someone else, and so on. The letter when finally opened contained the words "send the fool further".