Student Success Statement

“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”

Aristotle

I think that the reasoning behind this quote is that in order for education to be worth something, you have to have your heart in the lesson. Without having your heart in what you are learning then it is not of any importance to yourself.

Environmental Health Specialist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Sanitarians, or environmental health specialists, enforce government regulations and advise and educate clients. They also improve water and sanitation facilities and are involved in improving the quality of community environments. They often:

·    Collect and analyze samples.

·    Screen samples for possible health hazards.

·    Design or manage sanitation, disposal, and water systems.

·    Oversee and manage prevention and education programs.

·    Evaluate and identify health hazards and ensure compliance with regulations.

Average Salary: $25,000 - $50,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take college preparatory courses, especially in mathematics and science, during high school.

A career as a sanitarian or environmental health specialist requires a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in environmental health or environmental engineering. Many jobs require certification and/or a Master’s Degree in these, or related fields.

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I wouldn’t want to be an environmental health specialist because I wouldn’t really want to specialize in a job where you have to deal with dirty situations. I am a bit of a germaphobe.

Student Success Statement

“CTR connects you to happiness and success-CTW disconnects.”

Mr. Haymore

What the quote is trying to say is that when you choose to do something right you gain happiness and success, and when you do something wrong you do not gain happiness and success. I agree with this quote. I do think that when you do things right you gain happiness and success. I also agree with doing something wrong means you do not gain any of these because I have plenty of experience in that department. I tend to procrastinate more than any human being alive. I procrastinate with all my schoolwork and even with things that I do for fun like my drawings or playing video games. I sometime try to push away drawing or playing because I’m too lazy or tired. I realize that by doing this I gain neither happiness nor success. I should learn to not procrastinate as much.

Emergency Medical Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, usually work in teams of two in specially designed ambulances. They provide immediate life or limb saving medical treatment at the scenes of accidents and injuries as well as transport casualties to hospital emergency rooms for further care. The job is both physically demanding and stressful. Emergency medical technicians often respond to:

·    Automobile accidents

·    Heart attacks

·    Gunshot wounds

·    Unscheduled childbirth

·    Drowning

·    Other serious medical emergencies

Average Salary: $25,000 - $37,500

Educational Requirements:

Students must have a high school diploma (in some areas GED certificates may be substituted) in order to become an emergency medical technician. Driver’s education, health, and science courses are strongly recommended and may be required before enrolling in some training programs.

Basic emergency medical technician training includes about 100-120 hours spent in the classroom and 10 hours in a hospital emergency room. Emergency medical technicians are required to pass state licensing or certification tests and participate in continuing education programs. Many emergency medical technicians earn associate degrees in their field.

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Would you like to become an Emergency Medical Technician?

No, I would not like to become an emergency medical technician because I already have a career that I want to be and it’s not this one.

Student Success Statement

“Choosing the right is always the right thing to do.”

Alex Linares

What this quote is trying to say is that the right choice is always right. I mean, they do call it the right choice for a reason. Why would they call it the right choice if it was wrong? Obviously choosing the right will bring good things towards you and choosing the wrong will bring bad things towards. Let me give you a scenario where this quote would come in handy: One day you walk out of the grocery store and notice that your car’s tired have been slashed. You can either walk home, or hijack a car. Which is right and which is wrong, YOU DECIDE. But seriously, hijacking a car would result in a chain reaction where you would go to jail and become a bitter, terrible person while walking home would result in walking, just walking. I think I got off topic but you know what I mean.

Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Electroneurodiagnostic technologists use electronic graphs to determine if patients are suffering from a central nervous system condition or disease like epilepsy, tumors, stroke, or trauma. The graphs are records of the brain’s electrical activity.

Electroneurodiagnostic technologists usually work in hospitals, laboratories, or physicians’ offices. They:

·    Prepare medical records.

·    Apply electrodes and select instrument settings.

·    Perform electroneurodiagnostic tests.

·    Adjust and maintain their equipment.

·    Record test results.

·    Identify patient abnormalities.

Average Salary: $20,000 - $35,000

Educational Requirements:

Electroneurodiagnostic technologists must have a high school diploma and some courses in computer technology before beginning specialized training.

Electroneurodiagnostic training can be obtained through vocational schools, community colleges, and in some cases hospitals. Training takes one year and is followed by another year of supervised experience. Before beginning practice electroneurodiagnostic technologists must pass written and oral examinations.

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Would you like to become an Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist?

I would not like to become an electroneurodiagnostic technician because I already have my eye on a few career paths and I would not want to sway away from those ambitions. Also I would think that to become an electroneurodiagnostic technologist you must have a passion for it and I do not have a passion for it.

Student Success Statement

“It’s better to be alone than to be in bad company.”

ANON

This quote is self-explanatory because all it is trying to say is that it is worse to be with people who are a bad influence or a danger to you than to just be alone. It is better for you not to be with these people that could harm you or influence you in any negative way. If a person is friends with a group of people who aren’t doing any good to this person then they shouldn’t be friends with them at all. Sometimes this is hard to do, for various reasons. Sometimes being friends with someone who is a bad influence will give this person a sense of rebellion. Other times a person will have a fear or anxiety of finding new friends and will try to stay with the ones they already have. Either way, eventually they should realize the bad influence or potential harm and try to escape this.

Electrocardiograph Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Electrocardiograph (ECG OR EKG) technicians usually work under the supervision of cardiologists in hospitals, doctors’ offices, clinics, or bedside. They operate electrocardiogram equipment to monitor patients’ heart problems. They:

·     Connect electrodes to patients.

·     Insert and remove catheters.

·     Monitor equipment output.

·     Record test results.

·     Identify emergencies or abnormalities.

·     Operate ultrasound equipment.

Average Salary: $15,000 - $32,000

Educational Requirements:

Electrocardiograph technicians must have a high school diploma or GED before beginning specialized training.

Electrocardiograph training can be obtained through vocational schools, community colleges, and in some cases through on-the-job supervised experience. Basic training takes three to six months. Advanced training takes one to two years.

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Student Success Statement

“You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible.”

Ezra T. Benson

The quote is trying to say that doing wrong will never give you the satisfaction that is found in doing something right. When you do something wrong you may feel a twinge of satisfaction, but there is no doubt that you will feel worse than you would’ve felt if you had done something right. Sometimes this doesn’t apply because sometimes people are sadists, but that is a completely different story. I can’t think of many examples but I am sure that you can imagine one.

Registered Dietician
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Duties and Responsibilities:

Registered Dieticians provide advice and education about nutrition and its effects on health. They work in school, educational administration, research, hospitals, clinics, industry, food service management, and private practice. Registered dieticians:

·    Organize and supervise food service operations and meal preparation.

·    Make dietary recommendations.

·    Counsel patients and clients about diets.

·    Supervise food purchasing.

·    Study the nutritional value of food and how it is used by the body.

Average Salary: $30,000 - $40,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take a challenging high school curriculum that includes math and science courses. High school business courses may also prove helpful.

A Bachelor’s Degree in dietetics or a related field approved by the American Dietetic Association is required. Registered dieticians must also pass a professional exam and complete a supervised practicum.

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Student Success Statement

“I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our conscience.”

Robert E. Lee

I am pretty sure this quote means that you should do whatever it is that is right even if by doing so you bring misfortune upon yourself. Doing something right or beneficial is more important than your comfort or wellbeing. In the end, the help you provided for someone will be more important and worth it than if you chose not to do it because it was beneficial to you. This should not be confused with stupidity of course. For instance, you shouldn’t rush to a third world country and single-handedly try to murder a dictator, nor should you adopt 20 babies from damaged homes.

Dietetic Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Dietetic Technicians assist dietitians in evaluating, organizing, and conducting nutrition services and programs for schools, hospitals, and industry.

They:

·     Gather and evaluate diet histories.

·     Assist in planning patient meals.

·     Provide nutritional counseling.

·     Conduct food service operations.

·     Oversee food preparation and service.

·     Maintain records.

Average Salary: $16,000-$30,000

Educational Requirements:

Students wanting to become dietetic technicians should graduate from high school with a well-rounded program. High school business courses may prove helpful.

Dietetic technicians must complete a two-year Associate’s Degree program that is accepted by the American Dietetic Association. They must then pass a Commission on Dietetics Registration examination.

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Student Success Statement

“Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.”

Woodrow Wilson

I think that this quote is pretty self-explanatory. Obviously this former president meant that he wanted to fight for what is right no matter what the costs. I am not too much at peace with this quote because he is saying that he wants to be told what is right. I am sure that at the moment he said it he didn’t mean it in that way but the words he chose to express his beliefs aren’t that well put. I think you should never fight for something blindly, whether it be good or bad. If you want to fight for something you should know why, and most definitely you shouldn’t let other people decide what you should fight for. You should fight for what you believe in and not what someone else believes in.

Dialysis Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Dialysis technicians operate machines that remove waste and excess fluids from the blood of patients whose kidneys can no longer out these functions. Dialysis technicians are also referred to as renal dialysis technicians, hemodialysis technicians, or nephrology technicians. They work under the supervision of physicians, primarily in hospitals and clinics.

Dialysis technicians must fully understand the operation of the kidney dialysis machines. They are responsible for their operation, cleaning, and sterilization. They must also fully technicians carefully monitor and record weight and vital signs before, during, and after the blood cleansing procedures. Additionally, they instruct patients about the in-home treatments. Because dialysis technicians work in blood, they must exercise strict safety precautions against infectious diseases such as hepatitis and AIDS.

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Student Success Statement

“The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.”

Margaret Chase Smith

I think that this quote means that sometimes the right thing to do is not the popular choice or the easiest choice and it is a great achievement to commit to this right thing when it is not popular or easy. You don’t see many examples of this nowadays since doing the right thing is becoming a natural and popular action, especially in Los Angeles. You may not realize it, but think about how our society has changed since ten or twenty years ago. We have seemed to have gotten better at common courtesy and having respect for ourselves and others.

Dental Laboratory Technician

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Dental laboratory technicians specialize in different areas of dental and orthodontic work. Their jobs usually include making and repairing dentures, crowns, and braces. They work in dental schools, commercial dental laboratories, hospitals, dental clinics, and for manufacturers of dental prostheses Dental laboratory technicians:

·    Repair denture linings.

·    Choose and mount replacement teeth.

·    Construct denture frames.

·    Identify needed prostheses repairs.

·    Make and fix braces.

·    Cast plaster dental molds.

·    Clean and polish prostheses.

Average Salary: $22,000 - $33,000

Educational Requirements:

Dental laboratory technicians must have a high school diploma or GED certificate before starting dental laboratory training.

Dental laboratory technicians must attend a community college, vocational school, or dental school to learn their skills. Programs are usually two years in length.

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Student Success Statement

“The reward of a job well done is to have done it.”

UNKNOWN

I think that this quote means that by doing a good deed, the reward should be the completion of the deed itself. Knowing that you have completed this deed and have done an act of kindness should be the reward you set out to get in the first place.

Student Success Statement

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”

Margaret Thatcher

This quote means to say that disciplining yourself to do acts of good and honesty will reward you with personal well being  I think when you have your own personal rewarding system for your morals it is a truly great way to become a better person. What I mean by a personal rewarding system is a system where you guilt yourself for doing wrong deeds and pride yourself with every good deed. I believe this is a way to improve your morals and improve your state of mind.

Dentist

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Dentists examine patients’ mouths, treat patients with dental problems, and provide preventive education. Many are employed by dental schools, health agencies, hospitals, or professional groups. Some operate their own practices. Dentists:

·    Diagnose oral problems.

·    Fill cavities.

·    Perform root canals.

·    Treat gum disease.

·    Practice orthodontia.

·    Give anesthesia and perform oral surgery.

Average Salary: $45,000 - $150,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses (including AP or IB courses) available in science, math, and English.

Most dental schools require entrants to have a Bachelor’s Degree with emphasis in the sciences.

Dental school is four years in length. In order to practice dentistry following graduation, dentists must pass a national examination.

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My Experience So Far at HPIAM

     My experience so far at HPIAM has been… okay. Yeah, I guess it has been better than I have expected. I don’t really have any harsh complaints about the school. My only real complaint would be the homework. Apparently I have done more homework than any of my other friends in different schools. The campus is great, there is no litter and everything seems so new (because everything is new.) The teachers and staff here are fairly kind and responsible; I have no complaints in that department. Now the students… well let’s just say I am not used to them.

My middle school consisted of around 300 students so it was a closely knitted school where everyone understood each other and there was never an issue in the community we created. But in this school it’s pretty different. There’s definitely more children at this school. Also no one from my previous school came to this school. The kids here seem so average, I do have a problem with that. It seems these kids are just kids, nothing else. But who am I to judge? I have no clue to who they are. At least I have an interesting group of friends.

I was pretty much forced to go to this school. My mom got a job here and she thought it would be convenient for me to join her. Of course I hated the idea, I loathed it with all my strength. But of course, I couldn’t change anything. So I settled with the idea. Things could have gotten worse.

I feel as if that I am getting way more work than I should have. I keep asking my friends at other schools if they are getting the same amount of work that I am getting. They all said they haven’t gotten as much work as me. I wonder why though.

In conclusion, my experience so far at HPIAM is actually going pretty good.

Sting of the Scorpion

There was this little boy who was vacationing in a dessert or something. His parents would tell him to always wear shoes, and the boy understood why. He understood that there were dangers that could be prevented by wearing shoes. The little boy wanted to go on a little walk and instead of wearing shoes he wore flip flops. He was lazy and knew that he was doing wrong but didn’t really care because he’s a little kid. After a while he felt a prick of a thorn on his foot, as he looked down he saw a scorpion had stung him. He started freaking out and called for his parents. His parents started to drive him to the nearest hospital which was two hours away. Luckily the doctor man said that only infants and the malnourished would be severely affected by this type of scorpion. The boy learned a lesson, to listen to his parents and stuff. Also to choose the right.

I think this story was nice. I like how the boy didn’t die, that was pleasant. I think the lesson he learned was powerful though, because I bet he always tries to do the right after that experience. We all experience some type of misfortunate event that ultimately imprints a lesson about how we should do the right, not the wrong. I found his to be very extreme as he could’ve died, but nonetheless the lesson was there. You always should choose the right and not be lazy when it comes to situations where you know you might be stung if you choose the wrong.

Student Success Statement

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing.”

Theodore Roosevelt

I would think that this quote means that you should always do the right thing. To be honest I’m not too sure I like this quote that much. Don’t get me wrong, Theodore Roosevelt is a great man of course, but this quote doesn’t spark much inspiration. All this quote is saying is that in any moment it would be best to just choose the right thing. That is all fine, but it is not always apparent on what the right thing is.  I can’t really think of a good example but basically anything will do because you just need to always choose the right, always. Even if you can’t see it, choose it. Now here is a patriotic picture of Teddy.

Dental Assistant

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Duties and Responsibilities:

Dental assistants help dentists provide dental care. They often work in teams with dental hygienists and laboratory technicians. They may work in health clinics, dental schools, nursing homes, and the military, but usually they work for dentists in private practice. Dental assistant duties include:

·     Helping patients feel comfortable during treatment.

·     Taking and developing dental x-rays.

·     Taking medical histories for patients.

·     Sterilizing and preparing dental instruments and equipment.

·     Instructing patients about dental health care to include brushing and flossing.

·     Performing office management tasks.

Average Salary: $14,000 - $25,000

Educational Requirements;

Dental assistants must have a high school diploma or GED certificate.

They must receive additional training at a community college, vocational school, or a dental school to learn their skills. Lengths of programs vary between six months and one year. To become certified, dental assistants must pay an examination from the Dental Assisting National Board.

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