Student Success Statement

"Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there."

Bo Jackson

Reflection: I believe this means that you reach for the sky and don't stop until you have gotten there. You don't reach for the ground.

Student Success Statement

You cant put a limit on anything, The more you dream, the farther you get.

Michael Phelps

22 Olympic Medal (18 Gold)

Reflection: This means that when you have a dream and you fulfill it you could still go beyond that dream and expand it.

Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities:

Medical illustrators are highly skilled artists.  They work strictly in the medical field and create graphics for textbooks, journals, magazines, and educational films.  Their drawings span a wide range from microorganisms to body parts.

Some medical illustrators prepare illustrations that aid in research about or creation of artificial body parts.  At times, they are called upon to use modeling skills to create artificial body parts, such as ears, and noses, for patients that are deformed or have undergone some surgeries.

Average Salary:  $35,000 - $50,000

Educational Requirements:

Students interested in becoming medical illustrators should take a college preparatory program in high school that emphasizes art and science.

In college they should either major in art and minor in science or major in science and minor in art.  Undergraduate science courses should be the same as those required for medical school.

The majority of medical illustrators have master's degrees in the field from a program that is accredited by Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs.

Certification as a medical illustrator requires a graduate degree in medical illustration, a portfolio review, and successful completion of a national examination.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!
I would not like to do this job because I really don't like doing artistic work.

Student Success Statement

“If you want to achieve Excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work”

Thomas J. Watson

Reflection: This means that if you want to do great things in life you have to begin in the present not the future. For example if you want to own a software company you have to begin planning it out right now not in the future.

Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

          Medical assistants help physicians and nurses deliver patient care.  They schedule appointments; take blood pressures, respirations, temperatures; and perform other routine patient pre-examining procedures.  Sometimes they help with office and clerical tasks.  Medical assistants work in hospitals, clinics, and private physician offices.

Average Salary:  $17,000 - $18,000

Educational Requirements:

          Students should complete high school with courses in biology, physical science, office management, communications, and human relations, although medical assistant training programs may accept GED certificates.  Medical assistant training programs are provided by community colleges and for-profit technical training schools.  They may take between six months and two years to complete.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

I would not like to do this job because the requirements are too high.

Student Success Statement

"Paint a masterpiece daily. Always autograph your work with excellence"

Greg Hickman

Reflection: This means to do something do beautiful in life. Leave something behind that people will remember you by in a good way. For example start a charity that helps people with diseases and other things.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Duties and Responsibilities:

Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) work with and under the direction of registered nurses and physicians.  They care for injured, handicapped, and sick patients.  Their duties include taking temperatures, blood pressures, and pulses.  They also give injections, change dressings, and help give patients baths.  In general, they care for patients in hospitals, nursing homes, and extended care facilities.  Some practical nurses work in private homes.

Average Salary:  $16,000 - $23,000

Educational Requirements:

Although a high school diploma or GED certificate is not always required, it is encouraged.  LPNs do not have the extensive professional education that is required for a registered nurse.  State approved training programs are offered by the hospitals, vocational schools, junior colleges and private schools.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

Reflection: I would not like to do this job because I really don't have the qualities to deal with the health problems of another person.

Student Success Statement

"It's not the will to win but the

will to PREPARE to win that

makes the difference."

- Paul Bear Bryant

Reflection:This means that if you are willing to prepare then you will succeed, there is no success without a plan. For example if you are ready to go and win a football game but don't plan out a good strategy to be prepared then you will not be successful.

Industrial Hygienist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Industrial hygienists evaluate health hazards, conduct healthrisk assessments, manage industrial or business health programs, and provide consultation.  They may be administrators, researchers, consultants or teachers.  Many work as part of an industrial or government team, although some have private practices.  Industrial hygienists often:

• Collect samples and perform laboratory analyses.
• Check worker exposure to radiation, vibrations, and noise.
• Calibrate equipment.
• Investigate possible health hazards.
• Conduct epidemiological research.
• Instruct employees on injury prevention techniques.

Average Salary:  $40,000 - $60,000

Educational Requirements:

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

A career in industrial hygiene requires a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in occupational health and safety, environmental health engineering, or the physical sciences.  Many jobs require certification and/or a Master's Degree in these, or related, fields.  Certification requires successful completion of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene examination.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!

No I would not like to do this job because it is boring.

 Paul 'Bear' Bryant

Paul William “Bear” Bryant is one of America’s all-time most successful college football coaches. At the time of his death, he had won more games than any other coach, including the legendary Amos Alonzo Staggs and Pop Warner. Arkansas-born Bryant remains an icon not only for athletic accomplishments but for personal strength, determination, and the will to win.

Paul William Bryant was born on September 11, 1913, near Kingsland (Cleveland County) in south central Arkansas, to William Monroe Bryant, a farmer, and Dora Ida Kilgore Bryant, a homemaker. Bryant was the eighth surviving child (three died at birth) of a total of nine. He had four brothers and four sisters and was the youngest boy, with one sister born four years after him.

Less than one month after winning the 1982 Liberty Bowl, sixty-nine-year-old Paul “Bear” Bryant died of a heart attack. Following a funeral procession which ran for three miles, he was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, Alabama. A month after his death, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, by Ronald Reagan. At the time of his death, he was the all-time most successful coach in American college football history.