Ben Carson

• ·       Born in the slums of Detroit, in deep poverty
• ·       His mother and father divorced
• ·       His mother came from a family of 24 children
• ·       His mother couldn’t read
• ·       His mother raised Ben and his brother, Curtis
• ·       Ben was the worst student in his grade class
• ·       Ben becomes top student in his school
• ·       Ben becomes a world renowned doctor

Student Success Statement

A Choice: Poverty or Prosperity

“I hated poverty. Poverty is more of a choice than anything else, and I can change that (poverty). It depends upon how hard I wanted to work, and decided that I would change it.”

Dr. Ben Carson

Reflection: I think this quote is saying that poverty is something you can get out of once you finish school and do something that you going to be in life but you have to work hard and get something good out of it. I personally think that poverty isn’t something you want it is something you get because you don’t decide what family you wants to be born in but once you here in earth and get a career you can get 

Student Success Statement

Never because “You can’t be right by doing wrong; you can’t be wrong by doing right.”

Thomas S. Monson

Reflection: This quote means that you always go to admit to what you do because if you do something wrong it’s going to wrong and if you do something right it’s going to be right, even though it might hurt but the truth always matters.

Eastern Medicine Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: Oriental medicine practitioners use forms of acupuncture and treatment through the Chinese concept of “qi,” which means emergency. Oriental medicine treats a variety of ailments including headaches, back pain, arthritis, or other illnesses by identifying patterns of imbalance within a body’s energy levels and working to readjust fluids or tissues.

Salary: $61,000 per year

Education: bachelor’s degree and certification

Reflection: I would not want to be an eastern medicine doctor because it seems hard work and I would want to make a mistake that can be a big deal.

Student Success Statement

“Enthusiasm makes the difference.”

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

Reflection: this quote means that anything you do reflecting in your enthusiasm because it you have a good enthusiasm you do good things, but if you have a low enthusiasm you expect low things.

Student Success Statement

“I wasn’t trying to leave a legacy. I was trying to do what was right.”

Dean Smith

Reflection: I think that he doesn’t care about those things he left marked but he wanted to do something to help his players and do what was right for him and his team.

English high school teacher

Duties and responsibilities: teach and guide students in improving English reading and writing skills. Prepare lesson plans and teach them in classes. Provide exams and exercises for students to improve English skills. Interact with parents to inform them about performance of their children. Provide English Language Arts instruction to youth and adult immigrant students.

Salary: $55,360

Education: Most high school English teachers earn a bachelor’s degree in English and then pursue state licensing and certification, which may require a master’s degree. High school English literature teachers should have good presentation and communication skills to ensure students learn the material presented as well as they can.

Reflection: I maybe would want to become a high school English teacher because it sounds fun and easy to do plus they get, pay good.

Student Success Statement

“It’s not about how to achieve your dreams. It’s about how to lead your life the right way, the karma (destiny, fortune, good luck) will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.”

Dr. Randy Pausch

Reflection: I think that this quote saying that if you are good in every way your achievements and dreams will become true with the life style you have.

Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: Otolaryngologist, sometimes referred to an ENT doctor, deal with ailments of the ears, nose and throat. Otolaryngologists can be generalists or they can specialize in seven different subspecialties. They treat patients of all ages, from infants to the elderly, in private, medical clinics and hospital settings.

Salary: $205,000 per year

Education: ENT’s need a medical degree and license to practice in their state.

Reflection: I would want to become an ENT doctor because it seems easy and they pay you good.

 Student Success Statement

“Every time I’ve done something that doesn’t feel right, it has ended up not being right.”

Mario Cuomo

Reflection: This quote means that when he isn’t sure to do something and he does it anyway after he doesn’t feel good because it knows something is wrong.

Electrocardiograph Technician

Duties and Responsibility: An electrocardiogram technician performs an ECG by electrodes to a patient and then pulling switches on an ECG machine to trace electrical impulses transmitted by the heart. ECG technicians also might perform stress test. This involves hooking up a patient to an ECG monitor for a baseline reading and then monitoring the patient’s heart while he or she exercises on a treadmill. During the monitoring period, the treadmill speeds up or slows down to produce ECG readings at multiple levels of physical exertion.

Salary: $34,385

Education: Certificate or associate’s degree in cardiovascular technology. Professional certificate are preferred, a few states require licensing for which certification is often necessary.

Reflection: I wouldn’t want to be an electrocardiograph technician because it isn’t a job that gets my attention and it is something different.

Student Success Statement

“Intelligence plus character,

that is the goal of true education”

M.L. King Jr.

Reflection: This quote means that if you what an education be intelligent and have a nice characteristic.

Registered Dietitian

Duties and Responsibilities: Registered Dietitian’s collaborates with providers to identify and correct with patients in need of nutrition counseling. Establishes treatment plans and communicates with patients regarding program compliance. Meets directly with patients to identify educational needs provide individual instruction, utilize informational handouts/booklets, or refer to community resources as needed.

Salary: $77,590

Education: Bachelor’s degree in nutrition or dietetics. Registered Dietitian credential requires 1,200 hours of supervised experience and passing an exam.

Reflection: I would like to be a registered dietitian because it’s a very nice job you help others and you get to help others with their needs if you can, you meet directly with them, and you get to counsel their nutrition.