ACUPUNCTURE

Duties & Responsibilities:

Unlike conventional Western medical practice, acupuncture professionals are trained to treat the entire individual rather than the specific illness or condition. They take into account a patient’s physical, mental, and emotional condition in order to determine the proper course of treatment.

Average Salary: $120,000

Educational Requirements:

Most licensed acupuncturist hold master’s degrees or post-baccalaureate certificates from schools accredited by the Accreditation Commission for acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. As the Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (CCAOM) explains, most programs require 1,500-2,000 hours of acupuncture training and take 3-4 years to complete. Graduates must pass the certification exam offered by NCCAOM and fulfill any additional state licensing requirements.

Student Success Statement

"I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."
SOPHOCLES

This quote is saying that you should prefer to win by knowing that you did it because you earned it by going with the rules. And winning but knowing that you cheated and didn't go with the right rules it feels bad. Because it didn't really come out of you.

Student Success Statement

"Attitude is the mind's paintbrush.

It can color any situation."

ANONYMOUS

This quote is saying that the mind is what basically colors everything. Your mind is your thinking and that depends on what you wanna do with it.

Student Success Statement

"He who talks with wise grows wise,

but a companion of fools suffers harm."

A PROVERB

This quote is saying that who ever you hang out with,

depending on their character if they do the right or wrong,

is what will come out of you in your future life.

So if you go along with the good people, then you will do something good about it. But if you kick it with tha bad people then you will get bad influenced. So it just all depends on what you choose & wanna do.

Student Success Statement

"Kindness is the essence of greatness."

JOSEPH B. WIRTHLIN

This quote is saying that we should all be kind & respectful to each other. Being kind will bring good things to you. And you will be rewarded. (':

SPEECH PATHOLOGIST

Duties & Responsibilities:

When diagnosing patients, speech-language pathologists typically do the following:

·       Communicate with patients to evaluate their levels of speech or language difficulty.

·       Determine the extent of communication problems by having a patient complete basic reading and vocalizing tasks or by giving standardized tests.

·       Identify treatment options

·       Create and carry out an individualize treatment plan.

Salary: $44,000

Educational Requirements:

The standard level of education for speech-language pathologists is a master’s degree. Although master’s programs do not specify a particular undergraduate degree for admission, certain courses must be taken before entering the program.

Student Success Statement

"Visualization-Imagination: What you see is what you get."

ANON

This quote is basically saying that what you really see is what you'll get. Because life ain't about always getting and seeing what you wish for. So you gotta be able to be comfort with what life is giving you.

SONOGRAPHER (ULTRASOUND TECHNICIAN)

Duties & Responsibilities:

Sonographers, or ultrasound technologists, work with equipment that directs very high frequency sound waves into the body tissues to produce images or pictures of internal organs, diseased masses, and fetuses. These images are then used by physicians to diagnose and treat patients. Some sonographers specialize in examining certain areas of the body, such as the brain, the heart, and the pelvis. As part of their responsibilities, sonographers also check patients’ medical histories, explain procedures, determine the best patient positions to produce the images, and operate photography and printout equipment. Most sonographers work in hospitals.

Average Salary: $24,000 - $38,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school.

Sonographer training programs are offered at community colleges and hospitals. They can be completed in one to four years depending on prior work experience. Sonographers must pass annual certification tests after completing training.

SOCIAL WORKER

Duties & Responsibilities:

 Social workers help people and their families adjust to problems in their lives such as serious illness, child abuse, substance abuse, mental illness, handicaps, juvenile delinquency, and anti-social behavior. Often they must help people accept situations that cannot be changed. Frequently they work with the underclass, including the homeless, chronically unemployed, and mentally ill. Most social work for the government in offices, hospitals, clinics, prisons, or the courts. Some also work in nursing homes, group homes, schools, or businesses. Their duties often include:

·       Interviewing and counseling individuals , families, and groups.

·       Assessing needs and developing response plans.

·       Referring clients to professional or community services.

·       Coordinating responses between civic, religious, governmental, and other organizations.

Average Salary: $20,000 - $42,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should prepare for a career in social work by taking challenging high school courses, especially in English, science, and math.

Some organizations may allow a social worker to practice with a bachelor’s degree in social work, however most (including all health and mental health) positions require a graduate degree. Clinical positions require additional licensing after the completion of one or two year supervised internships.

STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT

"You will never be a winner if you lose your temper."

ANON

This quote is saying that if in this world you wanna achieve you will but you gotta do it with a good personality. If your a easy person who always has a bad temper people will look at you wrong, & probably won't even like. You will be closing your own doors in your future.

STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT

" A CTR champion is a person who makes a great human out of himself."

NOEMI TRIGUEROS

This quote is saying that if you choose and do the right then you will have something really good of you. Your presence will be looked at good. In the way of your actions.

REGARDING SUCCESSFUL LIVING

"There is no giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps."

ANON

This quote is saying that everything you want is not gonna come to you all of a sudden. You gotta do and get want you want by doing little steps.

Student Success Statement

"Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it."

WILLIAM PENN !

This quote is saying that even though the right might not be popular at most, and bad being the most popular does not mean it is the right thing to do. So, you gotta go with what is right and which will do a good thing for you along the way.

X-RAY TECHNICIAN!!

Duties & Responsibilities:

 Radiologic Technologists use x-ray machines, ultrasound machines, magnetic resonance scanners, positron emission scanners, and other technologically advanced machines to help diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries under the direction of a physician. They are responsible for explaining and getting patients ready for radiological tests and treatment that will be performed. They place the equipment at the right distance and right angle from the patient to make the appropriate images for the physicians.

Average Salary: $24,000 - $36,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school.

To become a registered radiologic technologist, students must complete a two year training program in a hospital or school. A high school diploma or GED is required for entry into these programs.

Student Success Statement

"Cowardice asks the question 'Is it safe?'

Expediency asks the question 'Is it politic?'

Vanity asks the question 'Is it popular?'

But, conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right.

DR.MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

This quote to me is saying you shouldn't always be questioning.

But what you should really see and focus in is in if your doing a right or if you really are making a good decision where you're not gonna harm anyone. You should always think about it before doing it so that later on you won't be having regrets about it, or that feeling in your conscience.

RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST!

Duties & Responsibilities:

          Radiologic Technologists use x-ray machines, ultrasound machines, magnetic resonance scanners, positron emission scanners, and other technologically advanced machines to help diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries under the direction of a physician. They are responsible for explaining and getting patients ready for radiological tests and treatment that will be performed. They place the equipment at the right distance and right angle from the patient to make the appropriate images for the physicians.

Average Salary: $24,000 - $36,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school.

To become a registered radiologic technologist, students must complete a two year training program in a hospital or school. A high school diploma or GED is required for entry into these programs.

Student Success Statement

"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it."

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

This quote is saying that we should have trust in ourselves.

And to let that faith that we have lead us along the way, and to be able to go through our duties & responsibilities in this life.

RADIATION THERAPIST!!

Duties & Responsibilities:

          Radiation therapy Technologists assist radiologists and oncologists (cancer specialists) in treating diseases by exposing areas of patients’ bodies to ionizing radiation. In addition to helping with treatments, technologists are responsible for maintaining the radiation therapy equipment and helping to maintain patient records. Radiation therapy is provided in hospitals, public health clinics, cancer treatment centers, and private offices.

Average Salary: $22,000 - $36,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school.

Student can train to become a radiation therapist in either one or two year programs. One year programs are often offered by hospitals. To qualify for a one year program, an applicant must have graduated from an approved program in radiologic technology or been a nurse with education in radiation physics. A high school diploma or a GED is required to enter two year courses.

STUDENT SUCCESS STATEMENT

"The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon:

Self-respect, Dignity, Integrity, & Self-esteem.

DR. LAURA SCHLESSINGER

This quote is saying that we should do the right using and demonstrating these things. And that when you do the right you will get rewarded later on in life from people giving you these actions.

PSYCHOLOGIST

Duties & Responsibilities:

Psychologist study the behavior and actions of people to change their behavior patterns. They also provide counseling and therapy to those with emotional, learning, and behavior problems. Psychologists work in schools, clinics, hospitals, and private practice. They can specialize in clinical, educational, quantitative, development, social, experimental, and industrial- organizational psychology. Their duties often include:

·        Diagnosing and treating problems.

• ·        Interviewing and observing patients.
• ·        Developing, selecting, and administering tests.
• ·        Counseling patients, groups, and families.
• ·        Developing mental health programs.
• ·        Conducting research and teaching.

Average Salary: $45,000 - $65,000

Educational Requirements:

Students should prepare for a career in psychology by taking the most challenging (AP or IB) high school courses available especially in English and science.

Licensed psychologists must earn a Ph.D in psychology. Admission to graduate programs is usually dependent on the quality of undergraduate performance in a psychology major. Clinical psychologists must complete a two-year supervised internship after earning their doctorate and pass oral and written state qualifying exams.

School psychologists must earn at least a master’s degree.