Student Success Statement

“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”

Mother Teresa

I think that this quote means that as long as there is profound compassion in those words then the effect will be great, no matter how the words are presented. I think this is true. The appearance of the words will not matter as long as there is a great kindness and consideration inside these words.

Occupational Therapy

Duties and Responsibilities: Occupational therapists help people with mental, physical or social disabilities to independently carry out everyday tasks or occupations. They work with children and adults of all ages, whose difficulties may have been presence since birth, or the result of an accident, illness, ageing or lifestyle. 

Occupational therapists create individual treatment programs to help people carry out their daily tasks and to do so with more confidence and independence. They may suggest changes to the person’s environment, whether that be at home, work or school, and may introduce the use of equipment which will help with some activities. Occupational therapists review the treatments periodically, evaluate progress and make changes to the treatment as needed.

Salary: $26,000-$45,000

Education: Occupational therapists must have at least a master’s degree. Their degree field must be in occupational therapy and they will need a state license to practice. Other important training to have includes CPR and BCLS. Personal skills to have includes excellence in communication and interactions with others and compassion as well as patience.

Reflection: I guess if I really wanted to I could become an Occupational Therapist. It seems like an okay job, there seems to be some simplicity in this job. The only thing which I am missing is people skills. I need some of those.

Synesthesia from Grant Heller

Student Success Statement

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”

Charles Ketterer

I think that this quote means that if you are worried about your future the best thing to do is to strive for what you want most. If you strive for the things you want most then you will look towards those goals and you might achieve them. A good way of doing this would be to construct a bucket list or a to-do-list. Since you have all your desires and wishes that you want to achieve written down in front of you, you will be more inclined to do them since it is already planned out and organized. 

Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: The role of the nursing home administrator is to supervise, plan, develop, monitor and maintain appropriate standards of care throughout all departments in the nursing home. The nursing home administrator must have effective communication, leadership, and business skills in order to be successful.

Salary: $40,000-$55,000

Education: Being a nursing home administrator requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in healthcare administration. However, most nursing home administrators have master's degrees in long-term care administration, health services administration, public health or business administration. Professional degrees in healthcare management are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).

Reflection: I would not like to become a Nursing Home Administrator because it says that I need good communication, leadership, and business skills in which I am sure I do not have. 

Assembly Summary

Today there was an interesting assembly on school behavior. The assembly consisted of multiple skits, performed by the school’s teachers, comprised of satirical examples of unjust student behavior and two separate videos of how to respect yourself, the teachers, and the school. The skits themselves were humorous mainly because of the exaggerated personalities the characters possessed. They basically tried to address school rules such as the uniform policy, arriving on time, not missing school, and organization. What I will do to live by the school rules and regulation will be to follow the school rules and regulations. I pretty much already do, I guess I will just keep on following them.

Student Success Statement

“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
Pablo Picasso

What the quote means is that in order to have success you must have action. You must want to strive for success and try your hardest in order for success to occur. True success can only be achieved when you try your hardest. That doesn't necessarily mean that when you try your hardest that will only bring success because sometimes even trying your best will not be enough but even though you tried your best, it will surely be a success to you.

Pyramid Healing

Duties and Responsibilities: Pyramid healing is an alternative healing practice that is based on the concept that the shape of the pyramid provides a means of tapping into the healing energy that surrounds every living thing. Proponents of this type of healing note that pyramids are found in many different cultures, and are often associated with growth, production, and vitality. By using simple handheld pyramids to direct this pyramid healing power, practitioners seek to heal such ailments as general fatigue, depression and anxiety, tension, and even the common cold.

Salary: Practitioners who surround their business around pyramid healing vary on salary.

Education: There are no educational requirements in order to use these techniques.

Reflection: I don’t know if I would want to use these methods, usually in these types of practices in which I need to stay calm and relax I become very restless and impatient.

Student Success Statement

“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.”

Japanese Proverb

I really like this proverb. The vision without action refers to desiring something but not working towards it, and it is a dream because if you are not working towards it then it might as well be just a dream, not real. Action without vision is when you do something without meaning or purpose, it is a nightmare because if you do something without purpose then it is reckless or not worth anything which is bad.

Nuclear Medicine Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities: In nuclear medicine, radionuclides—unstable atoms that emit radiation spontaneously—are used to diagnose and treat disease. Radionuclides are purified and compounded like other drugs to form radiopharmaceuticals. Nuclear medicine technologists administer these radiopharmaceuticals to patients, and then monitor the characteristics and functions of tissues or organs in which they localize. Abnormal areas show higher or lower concentrations of radioactivity than normal.

Salary: Average Median $70,000 per year

Education: Nuclear medicine technology programs range in length from 1-4 years and lead to a certificate, associate's degree, or bachelor's degree. Generally, certificate programs are offered in hospitals, associate programs in community colleges, and bachelor's programs in 4-year colleges and in universities.

Reflection: I would not like to become a Nuclear Medicine Technologist because it seems complicated and it doesn’t really seem to be something I would be interested in.

Glenn Cunningham

Glenn Cunningham was badly burned at the age of eight. He had lost all of the flesh on his knees and shins and had lost all the toes on his left foot. He also lost his brother Floyd in the fire. The doctor recommended amputation but his parents did not allow it. But after years and years of hard work, determination, and faith he finally was healthy enough to walk and even to run. He eventually went on to becoming a champion athlete. He participated in the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1936 Summer Olympics. Cunningham’s goal was to run a four minute mile. Even though he never achieved this goal he tried many times each with different strategies. His most successful strategy was to just run his fastest from the start. I guess the only way I could relate to this is that when I was younger and my art skills weren't as good, I tried my hardest to improve them. I knew that my art skills were bad and I wanted to improve them, and i never told myself that I could never get better. And now I am glad I never gave up because my art is better than ever and I am proud of them.

Student Success Statement

“Adversity causes some men to break—others to break records”

William A. Ward

I think that this quote means that when someone is faced with disaster or misfortune they can either do one of two things: they can break and fall victim, or they can try to overcome it and become a better person overall. When it comes to it, we will only choose to either give in or overcome.

Monitor Surveillance Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Monitor surveillance technicians observe the electrical activity of heartbeats which is graphically displayed on a series of monitors in cardiac care units of hospitals.  They examine these patterns and provide the results to physicians and nursing staff.

Salary:  $26,000 - $41,000

Education: Requires two 2 years of experience in electronics, computer networks, and familiarity with routers, VPNs, firewalls, security appliances, and basic telephony. Must also have experience in the installation, maintenance and repair of technical investigative/surveillance equipment or an equivalent combination of education (e.g. formal electronics technology program or training in the use, repair and installation of electronic or surveillance equipment) and experience to total two 2 years.

I think that I would like to be a Monitor Surveillance Technician only if I was passionate about it because I think that it is a pretty average job with acceptable requirements and salary.

Student Success Statement

“The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves.”

ANON

I think this quote means that true inspiration should not come from spitefulness but from wanting to improve yourself. If your inspiration is solely to outdo others then your work will not be its best. In order for something to be its best you have to be truly inspired and in order to be truly inspired your sole purpose for doing something is to be better than you were before.

Health Science Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities: A health science librarian provides access to medical information through books, pamphlets, journals, tapes, multimedia presentations, and the internet. They also help health providers, patients, and students sort through the vast amount of info available.

Salary: Average $58,000

Education: Students must graduate from high school, taking classes such as English, math, typing, and science. A four-year bachelor's degree is then required, including courses such as science and computer science. A master's degree in library science (MLS) is mandatory. Courses include scientific literature, bio-medical communication, bibliographic resource use, library organization and management, and standard cataloging systems. While health science librarians are not required to be certified, the Medical Library Association does offer certification examinations which would help a librarian advance to a higher position.

Reflection: I am not sure whether or not to become a health science librarian because it seems like an interesting job but then again it is not my passion and that would be difficult to do if it wasn't my passion.