''What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player."

John Wooden

(1910-2010)

I think that he means the character you are is more important than being a basketball player. You can be the best basketball player out there, but you can have a really bad character. Your character shows a lot about you. Being a great basketball player is a bonus, but the person you are is far more important. If you are a person with strong, great character, you'll take your team to places far from failure. However, if you are bossy or if you choose to do drugs to boost your ability, chances are your team is going to hit the ground and reach failure. Sometimes having a great character in the court can boost you up to victory. Your team will like you for who you are. Sometimes even people would admire the way you act. Sometimes being a bad person/basketball player can make things worse. Your team won't depend on you, and they can even care less about you. Sometimes even the team will hate you and they will face their backs at you. Sometimes you won't even get along with your teamate, that you might even become enemies. That's why being a good person is important than being a basketplayer because you won't get hated on for being a bad person.

Dental Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities      

A dental assistant is someone to help a dentist during his or her performance. Dental assistants have many jobs and tasks. Together, a dentist and a dental assistant make a powerful team. Dental assistant do certain things like taking their patients to their seating chair. They can also collect dental instruments and other tools that will be used during the procedure, for example a cavity take out or even a tooth removal. Dental assistants also take X-rays of their patients and take impressions of teeth for study modeling. Dental assistants sometimes take over the office handling patients with their schedule and filing recordings.

Salary

Median pay (annual): 34,500 USD (2012)

Median pay (hourly): 16.59 USD (2012)

Entry level education: Postsecondary non-degree award

Projected 10-year growth: 25% (2012)

Number of jobs: 303,200 (2012)

Education

There is no major part of education to get you this spot. Most of the dental assistant got their way up here with only a high school diploma. Dental assistants mainly get on the job kind of training. Other major dental assistants get more complex training.

''True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse."

Pathros

Patriach of Antioch &All the East, 1846-1894

     In my opinion this quote sounds very nice. Being wealthy and happy shows a lot, and that you are confirmed with what you have. Many people are ungreatful and want more and more. The only thing that brings them happiness is the money and those people are usually disapointed. Being wealthy from the heart shows true happiness. Money can't buy happiness. Only your heart can buy happiness. Anyone can have wealth depending on their state. But wealth coming from a purse, or in this case money, won't lead to happiness.

Dentist

      Duties and Responsibilities: A dentist is usually someone who professionalize with dental care. Regular dentist checkups are done to keep track how dirty or how clean someone’s teeth is. That’s why it’s important to be hygienic. A dentist knows how to clean teeth properly. Sometimes they have to deal with a patient’s cavity by filling it. Sometimes people don’t take care of their teeth properly that they even get infection. A dentist would treat the infection right away. Other times dentists perform dental surgeries, depending on the case. Some more complex cases are when a dentist needs to do dental implants. They need to know how much amount of anesthesia is needed before the surgeries. Therefore, dentists have multiple tasks.

Salary: Median pay (annual): 149,310 USD (2012)

Median pay (hourly): 71.79 USD (2012)

Entry level education: Doctoral or professional degree

Projected 10-year growth: 16% (2012)

Number of jobs: 146,800 (2012)

     Education: In order to be a dentist, you need to have a bachelor’s degree before you start in a dental school. 4 years of dental school is required as well. Massive training is wanted as well. You need to have a license in order to be a dentist. Without a dentistry license you can’t be a dentist anywhere around the U.S. The dentistry license has to be earned in a certain way.

''When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad.''

Abram Lincoln

             To begin with this quote is meaning that if you choose the right to do something you'll feel awsome and great. However, some people do the opposite, and as a result they get these negative feelings like sad, anger, or embarrassed from their actions. In my opinion, I somewhat agree because sometimes doing the right feels bad and doing what was wrong felt good. This case only happens rarely, but most of the time doing something good, will most likely make you feel good about yourself and rise up your self-esteem. Doing the wrong will only make you stupid and will also make you feel stupid. An example of doing the right is talking to a person who just happens to have a bad day and cheer them up a bit. An example of doing the wrong, is talking back to the teacher. To do the right, is probably going to make you feel warm, happy, and glad just to make someone's day less miserable. Another example of doing good, is to help out anyone who looks like they are struggling. Nothing is much dirtier than doing the wrong. Doing the wrong all leads to regret and disapointment. 

Chiropractor

Responsibilities and Duties:

     Chiropractors are people who work on alternative medicine and help their patients with back problems and other body disorders occurring in the skeletal muscular system. Most patients have a common problem with their spines and chiropractors have responsibilities to relief their patient’s pain. Most common cases when you need to see a chiropractor is in when there is lower back pain, headaches, neck pain, repetitive strains, sports injuries, arthritic pain, and car accident injuries. Chiropractors either do massages or other exercises like adjustments to relief pain. Some can be painful as they are performed, but as soon as that’s over then relief kicks in.

Salary: $97,380- $136,591

Education:

      To be a chiropractor you need to have specific training. 4 years of health education is needed, and 1,000 hours of supervised clinical training is needed as well. 1 – 4 years of pre-requisite training in basic sciences at university level followed by a 4-year full‐time doctorate program; DC. A 5-year integrated bachelor degree; BSc (Chiro). A 2 - 3 year Master's degree following the completion of a bachelor's degree leads to the MSc (Chiro) might come in handy.

Freedom

‘’The key to freedom is obedience. The more obedient we are, the more freedom      we have”

     In my opinion I have to agree, because decisions determine where you going to end up. Major disobedience can lead to even freedom being taken away. Being disobedient is very serious and could lead to jail or even life-time to prison. Prison is there for those who choose to disobey. Prisoners choose to do the wrong, and their freedom is taken away. They are surrounded with four concrete walls, with no freedom, no fresh air, and no nothing. Sadly they have to go through that every day. However, if you choose to be obedient, your lifestyle will be great. Freedom is earned, and it isn’t easy, but freedom is a great reward for being obedient. Obedience isn’t going to take you to dangerous and serious consequences. Therefore, being obedient is great, because life is much more enjoyable.                                  

Freedom is a reward and a gift given to you, for being obedient. The world can use more obedient people.

As a consequence, most disobedient people end up in prison, where no freedom is given.

Cardiologists

     Cardiology is the study of the heart. A cardiologist is someone who treats and specializes on the heart. They study specific medicines and cures to their patients. Some patients suffer heart disease or other medical problems involving the heart. These patients usually go to cardiologists to see what kind of solution they’ll get out of them. Sometimes these people prevent their own patients’ deaths from horrible heart diseases like diabetes. Unfortunately, for some people it’s fatal and nothing could be done. Some cardiologists also treat heart disorders. For example, if you heart where to pump more than usual, these cardiologists will do research and eventually find out what’s wrong. Usually when you approach to cardiologists at a clinic or a hospital, they will most likely do physical exams, like checking blood pressure. They would also check on your weight, heart, lungs, and blood vessels if something is wrong. Other examinations are an ECG or an X-Ray.

Salary: $461,000 - $512,000

Education:

     Without an education, you won’t move on. A cardiologist needs massive education as a requirement. Four years of medical school, and three years of training in general internal medicine is also required. Then you move on to a more specialized training center where people do training within three years. About 10 years is how long the requirements take. In order to be a cardiologist. A cardiologist must have 10 years of medical educational experiences, and must take a two day exam given by the American Board of Internal Medicine. This exam proves how knowledgeable and how careful the person is. If you know a lot about the medical field, chances are you will be a cardiologist.

911

Moment of piece…

     This was a day that America didn’t knew what was coming. Tragedy, death, and terror were all over the streets of New York with many losing their lives. It was a nice morning, everyone drinking their coffee on their way to work, people doing their businesses, and others who stayed home taking care of kids didn’t knew what was coming. Around 8:46 am, the American Airlines Flight 11 had crashed into the Northern side façade of the World Trade Center’s North Tower. Soon around 9:03 am, American Airlines Flight 77 had crashed in the into the southern façade of the World Trade Center’s South Tower. Major destruction occurred around 9:59 when the South Tower couldn’t stand, and just completely collapsed. After burning for almost 56 minutes, the South Tower fell to ruins, crashing down on people who were still in there. Soon to follow was the North Tower, which approximately collapsed around 10:28 am after burning for 102 minutes. Unfortunately, those who were still waiting for a direction or response in the North Tower, had probably perished in the debris. As dust and debris were every were, firefighters were recovering survivors and helping them aid them.

     Many couldn’t get their way through and so about 2,996 people had perished in the collapsed. Some people died instantly when the planes crashed. Others died of extreme smoke and heat.  Everyone who jumped knew there was no way they could survive. They were going to die one way or another; they chose the one they thought was less painful. Some jumpers would have been hit by flying debris knocking them unconscious, others would have died instantaneously on impact. Painlessly. R.I.P for those 2996 people who had died.

Audiologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

     An audiologist is someone who studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. Basically science is involved in these three categories. An audiologist helps patients with many ear problems, and they are responsible for helping the patients. Some patient’s ears can have several infections, and they would give a prescription of medicine to cure the ear. Sometimes patients lose some of their hearing, and audiologists provide them with hearing aids. There are other reasons why people go to an audiologist, but these are the most common reasons.

Salary: $74,913-$81,986

Education: Audiologists in the U.S are regulated by the state licensure or registration. In most clinical practices, the doctor of Audio biology becomes the entry level degree. As of now, there is a no longer professional program in audiology, which offers the master’s degree. Some audiologists earn certificates from the American Speech Language Hearing Association or from the American Board of Audiology. However what is required is listed below:

.Degree including a minimum of 75 semester’s hours of post-baccalaureate study

.Meeting prescribed competencies

.Passing a national exam offered by Praxis Series of the Educational Testing Service

.Practicum experience that is equivalent to a minimum of 12 months of full-time, supervised experience

Audiologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

     An audiologist is someone who studies hearing, balance, and related disorders. Basically science is involved in these three categories. An audiologist helps patients with many ear problems, and they are responsible for helping the patients. Some patient’s ears can have several infections, and they would give a prescription of medicine to cure the ear. Sometimes patients lose some of their hearing, and audiologists provide them with hearing aids. There are other reasons why people go to an audiologist, but these are the most common reasons.

Salary: $74,913-$81,986

Education: Audiologists in the U.S are regulated by the state licensure or registration. In most clinical practices, the doctor of Audio biology becomes the entry level degree. As of now, there is a no longer professional program in audiology, which offers the master’s degree. Some audiologists earn certificates from the American Speech Language Hearing Association or from the American Board of Audiology. However what is required is listed below:

.Degree including a minimum of 75 semester’s hours of post-baccalaureate study

.Meeting prescribed competencies

.Passing a national exam offered by Praxis Series of the Educational Testing Service

.Practicum experience that is equivalent to a minimum of 12 months of full-time, supervised experience

"Education is the latch key to success in life"

     To begin, I have to say that I agree with Gordan because an education is something very powerful. Without knowledge, people wouldn't be doctors, polices, firefighters or people we depend on. Not even the president wouldn't be here if it wasn't for his strong effort in school and education. An education is a gift given to us, and if we choose to use it, it will lead us to the key of paradise. An education is very important because it determines what we are going to be. Not only does education benefit others, but it benefits us. Education can lead to money. Sometimes if you're really educated, some people even wind up very rich. A lot of rewards come, if you keep yourself educated. However, if you don't get education, it's most likely that person would become a huge failure in life. Missing out on education can be really bad, and could affect your future life.

Gordan B. Hinckley

''Decisions Determine Destiny"-Thomas S. Monson''

     What Thomas S. Monson is trying to claim is that our actions, make up our future. If we know we are doing the right thing, we are in the right path. If you chose to do the bad thing, then your most likely to go downhill. In this world we have to kinds of people and those are the ones that choose the right, and the ones that choose the bad decisions. If you are that one person, or if you know that person who's constantly getting into trouble, slacking off, not doing homework, using drugs, and failing classes you're starting to go downhill and go the wrong path. If you're someone who tries hard, tries passing classes, tries to get to class in time, and is very responsible, you're most likely to go the right path, and you'll be awarded with such a great life. However, those that choose the wrong things, end up suffering, and once you face your consequences, its to late to start over.

Athletic Trainer

Duties and Responsibilities: Athletic trainers are people who professionalize in health care, who collaborate with physicians to provide preventative services, emergency care, clinical diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and medical conditions. These people are certified health professionals who are in sports field ready to help.

Salary: $42,690

Education: In order to be an athletic trainer, you are required to have a degree from an accredited professional level education program. Then you wait, and pass the Board of Certification examination. You have to have a license in order to practice, or a registration, but the state varies. It all depends on the state.

Reflection: I wouldn’t want to be an athletic trainer because, I don’t like sports and because I really don’t see myself working in the medical field.

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