Final: Part 1

Final: Part 1

The things I liked about this class were the videos and the student success statement. The things I didn’t really like about the class were the medical career pathways. A recommendation to improve the class is to let people work in teams a little more. I really did do my best in this class. Yes I am reading my life planning 100+ goals daily for two minutes because I want to accomplish all my goals I have in my life planning book. I am committed to be a CTR person because I believe if you choose the right you can get anywhere you want. The things I will always remember about this class are the CTR card checks, the life planning goals check and the student success statements. 

Student Success Statement: The Ultimate Choice

Student Success Statement

“Of all the choices you will ever make, one choice supersedes all others-the ultimate choice. This one choice will help you to always make correct decisions. This one choice, The Ultimate Choice, is your keystone to being the best student and person you can possibly be. This one choice will forever affect you for good more than any other choice. THE ULTIMATE CHOICE is: To be a CTR Person-to always CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!!”

Reflection: What this quote means is that there are many choices out there a person has to make. But the ultimate choice is to be a CTR person which is to always choose the right. This ultimate choice will lead you to being the best student and best person you can be. This ultimate choice will affect you for good than any other choice.

Student Success Statement: Alan Stein

Student Success Statement

“Success is not an accident. Success is actually a choice.”

Alan Stein

Reflection: What Alan Stein is saying is that success is just a choice. For example, Stephen Curry made the choice to be one of the best NBA scorers in history.  Stephen Curry also chose to practice on his shots and moves everyday which lead him to success. 

Student Success Statement: Thomas Carlyle

Student Success Statement

“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.”

Thomas Carlyle

Reflection: What Thomas Carlyle means in this quote is that if you have no goals you will not go the direction you want like if a boat without a rudder won’t go where you want the boat to go. When you set a goal you must focus on it till you accomplish is it. Once you set a goal if you really want to accomplish it then keep on working hard each day to accomplish it. If you do not work hard on your goals you will just go straight forward like a boat does without a rudder.

Student Success Statement: Chinese Proverb

Student Success Statement

“If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world. Conclusion: If there is beauty in character, there will be peace in the world.

Chinese Proverb

Reflection: What the quote is saying is that the only way there can be peace in the world is if there is beauty in character. Also if we have beauty in character then there will be adjustments at home. 

The Six Pillars of Character

The Six Pillars of Character

1. Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship

2. Trustworthiness is to be honest an example for trustworthiness is don’t deceive, cheat, or steal. Respect is to treat other with respect an example of respect is to not threaten, hit or hurt anyone. Responsibility is to do what you’re supposed to do an example of responsibility is use self-control. Fairness is play by the rules an example of fairness is take turns and share. Caring is to be kind an example of caring is forgive others. Citizenship is doing your share to make your school and community better an example of citizenship is to be a good neighbor.

Reflection: My thoughts about the six pillars of character are they seem easy to follow.  I think that anyone can follow these six pillars of character. I commit to live these six pillars of character. 

Student Success Statement: Sophocles

Student Success Statement

“I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.”

Sophocles

Reflection: What I think the quote is sating is it’s better to fail or lose by not cheating than to win by cheating. For example, if you fail a test it’s better to fail it with honor and not cheat than to pass the test by cheating and later not feel happy about it. 

Memorial Day

Memorial Day

1. Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country’s armed forces.

2. The purpose of Memorial Day is to honor union soldiers, who died during the American Civil War.

3. Memorial Day is on May 25.

4. Some ways to honor and respect Memorial Day is collection for troops, discounts and free offers, volunteering, highlight soldier stories and parades.

5. Something I will do on Memorial Day is by volunteering in local family in need. I will also pay respect threw social media on Memorial Day. 

Student Success Statement: Dennis Prager

Student Success Statement

“The most important thing you will ever have is good values.”

Dennis Prager

Reflection: What Dennis Prager is telling us is that the most important thing that anyone has is good values. An example of good value is choosing the right. What good values can do to you is be honest, reliable, dependable, loyal and the list goes on.

Optician

Optician

Duties and Responsibilities: What an optician does is fit contact lenses and giving advice on their care and use.

Salary: Opticians receives a median salary of $33,770 in 2013.

Education: To become an optician the requirements are to have a high school diploma, most have a two year associate’s degree in opticianry, and choose an opticianry program that is accredited by the commission on opticianry accreditation.

Reflection: I would like to become an optician and I wouldn’t at the same time like to become an optician. I would like to become an optician because I would like to help patients with their eye car. At the same time I wouldn’t like to become an optician because they don’t get paid a good amount of money. 

Student Success Statement: Wilford Woodruff

Student Success Statement

“Nothing is ever gained in doing what’s wrong.”

  Wilford Woodruff

Reflection: What the quote by Wilford Woodruff is saying is that whenever you do wrong you don’t gain anything at all. You don’t gain any power or anything that you can think of. What you just do is wrong and nothing else. There is always a lose in doing wrong.

LAUSD: Families

LAUSD: Families

1. Some of the family services are

·      Education, Child Development and Family Services

·      Department of Children and Family Services

·      Pupil Services

·      Food Services Division Family and Medical Leave Act

·      Employment Verification Services

2. These will benefit me by helping become stronger in education. They will also benefit me by showing that I can help others out.

3. The service that my family and I will use is the Department of Children and Family Services. My family and I will use this service to report child abuse that we see or may know someone who is being abused.

Nicest Man In The World

The nicest man in the world Patrick Morgan from Florida found an iPad and $13,000 at a bar in Florida. What Patrick did was the best thing in the world. He returned the iPad back to its owner and he also returned the $13,000 that was in the case. When the owner of the iPad got their iPad back by Patrick they gave Patrick $60. Patrick didn't keep the $60 he gave some to a homeless woman and some other to a co-worker of Patrick. Then Patrick at the end got a pay check of $625 for being honest and giving back the iPad and the $13,000. The reward that Patrick got was not just money for choosing the right but he got himself self-esteem, dignity, integrity, and self-respect. 

Student Success Statement: Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Student Success Statement

‘The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity (self-worth), integrity, and self-esteem.”

Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Reflection: What I think that Dr. Laura Schlessinger is trying to say is that the reward we get when we choose the right is self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem. But if we choose the wrong we don’t get any self-respect, no dignity, no integrity, and our self-esteem goes down.

LAUSD: Students

LAUSD: Students

1. There are different types of services such as:

·      Student Integration Services

·      Student Health and Human Services

·      Post-Expulsion Student Services

·      Student Medical Services

·      Pupil Services

2. These services can benefit me by helping me with medical, health, and integration which I can be powerful at.

3. The services that I will use are the student medical services. I will use this so I can become better in medical.

Nursing Home Administrator

Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: What the nursing home administrators do is indispensable assets to budding senior communities.

Salary: $90,000

Education: Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration; master's in long-term care administration, health services administration or related field recommended.

Reflection: I would like to become a nursing home administrator to help out senior at homes. Also because they get paid a good amount of money.

Student Success Statement: Alan Paton

Student Success Statement

“When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.”

Alan Paton

Reflection: What Alan Paton is trying to tell us is that the only way we recover from an injury is by forgiving, which forgive is to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, flow, or mistake.

Student Success Statement: Thomas S. Monson

Student Success Statement

“Dare to stand alone.”

Thomas S. Monson

Reflection: What I think Thomas S. Monson is trying to dare us to do is choose the right and don’t follow others. For example, JamesOn Curry what breaking high school records and was an amazing young man but he chose to not stand alone and follow the others that were selling and doing drugs. Therefore, Thomas S. Monson is also trying to tell us to stand alone.

Ford Mustang

Ford Mustang

 The Ford Mustang is an American muscle car. The mustang created the “pony car. The Ford Mustang also gave rise to competitors like Chevrolet Camaro, Pontiac Firebird, AMC Javelin, Chrysler’s Plymouth Barracuda, and Dodge Charger. The mustang is also credited for inspiring the designs of coupes like the Toyota Celica and the Ford Capri which was imported the United States. So far there are six generations of the Ford Mustang. They are the 1964 ½-1973, 1974-1978, 1979-1993, 1994-2004, 2005-2014, and 2015-. The designers of the Ford Mustangs are John Najjar Ferzely, Philip T. Clark, and Joe Oros. Also there is different body styles to the car such as 2 door 2+2 seat coupe, 2 door hatchback, 2 door fastback, and 2 door convertible.

Student Success Statement: Theodore Roosevelt

                 Student Success Statement
    "In any moment of decision, the best thing you                      can do is the right thing."
                      Theodore Roosevelt

Reflection: I think that the quote by Theodore Roosevelt is saying that when ever you must make a decision always choose the right decision.

Progress Post

Progress Post

·          I have achieved 46 goals out of 89.

·          The goal that I am really working on right now is to get all credits in my spring report card.

·          The #1 goal I will like to achieve is to become a professional basketball player.

·          What I need to work on to try harder on accomplishing my goals.

·          The #1 goal I have accomplished is to get all A’s and B’s on my report card.

Medical Surveillance Technician

Medical Surveillance Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: What medical surveillance technicians do is analysis of health information to look for problems that may be occurring in the workplace that require targeted prevention.

Salary: In Lake Forest, IL the salary for a medical surveillance technician is $39,000.

Education: Medical and work histories, physical assessment, and biological testing

Reflection: I think I would like to be become a medical surveillance technician because I will like to see what is going on at my workplace and try to prevent it. But at the same time I would not really like to become a medical surveillance technician because they get paid a little salary.

Student Success Statement: John Wooden

Student Success Statement

“Make each day your masterpiece. You have to apply yourself each day to become a little better, and over a period of time you become a lot better.”

John Wooden

Reflection: What I think John Wooden is trying to say in this quote is to try as hard as you can every day in whatever you do. And if you do try to become a little better every day you will become a lot better at the end and become the best you can be. 

Military Medical Opportunities

Military Medical Opportunities

Duties and Responsibilities: What physicians in the military will do is supervise direct patient care, plan and execute disease prevention and health promotion programs

Salary: An air force physician pay is a $102,320 salary that includes annual special pay of $29,000.

Education: Between 21-42 years of age, U.S citizenship, doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy degree from an accredited U.S.

Reflection: I think I will like to be a physician in the military to help soldiers from preventing diseases. Also to help them stay healthy. Last, I will like to be a physician in the military because they earn a good amount of money. 

Student Success Statement: Pam Knox

Student Success Statement 

"It's a great moment when someone has a character to step up and do the right thing at the right time."

Pam Knox

Reflection: I think that Pam Knox is trying to say that its always good when you are not afraid of doing whats right and so you do it and you do it at the right time. And doing this right thing stands for having a good character and a great moment.

Medical Illustrator

Medical Illustrator

Duties and Responsibilities: Produce resources such as photography and graphic images for professionals involved in patient care, teaching, education and research.

Salary: $62,000-$175,000

Education: Master’s degree, accredited programs that accepted 20 or fewer people a year, and programs in medical illustration are 2 years length.

Reflection: I would like to become a medical illustrator because it interests me to take photography of patients in care and produce resources for the patients in care . Also I would like to become a medical illustrator because they get paid a good amount of money.

The 10 Indian Commandments

The 10 Indian Commandments

1. Treat the Earth and all the dwells therein with respect.

2. Remain close to the Great Spirit.

3. Show great respect to your fellow beings.

4. Work together for the benefit of all mankind.

5. Give assistance and kindness wherever needed.

6. Do what you know to be right.

7. Look after the well-being of mind and body.

8 Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.

9. Be truthful and honest at all times.

10. Take full responsibility for your actions.

Reflection: I think that the 10 commandments for the indian are good commandments. They don’t require to much from them. And it seems as if anyone can easily do these commandments.

Student Success Statement: Alexander Hamilton

Student Success Statement

“A promise must never be broken.”

Alexander Hamilton

Reflection: What I think this quote means is that when someone tells you a secret and you promise to not say anything you aren’t supposed to say anything. Also anything in life can be broken but what can’t be broken is a promise.

Student Success Statement: Anonymous

Student Success Statement

Visualization-Imagination

“What you see is what you get”

Anonymous

Reflection: What this quote means is that whatever you want to be you can get it. But the way you get it is by not giving up on what you want. 

Aircraft Mechanic

Aircraft Mechanic

Duties and Responsibilities: Keep aircraft in top form. Like automotive mechanics, they repair broken and/or worn out parts.

Salary: $88,064

Education: Need a high school diploma, attend one of the 170 FAR part 147 Aviation Maintenance Technician Schools nationwide, and 18 months of practical experience with either power plants or airframes

Reflection: I would like to be an aircraft mechanic because the job interests me. Also because aircraft mechanics get paid really good money. Last, because I want to be a mechanic working with machines. 

Student Success Statement: Henry David Thoreau

Student Success Statement

“Goodness is the only investment that never fails.”

Henry David Thoreau

Reflection: What I think Henry David Thoreau is trying to say in this quote is everything else fails or can fail but the only thing that can fail is goodness. Therefore, if you are a good person you can’t fail. 

World Records

World Records

1. Tallest Man- Living, Oldest Gymnastics, Highest Scoring Average in NBA

2. Sultan Kosen, Johanna Quuas , Wilt Chamberlain

3. 9 February 2011, 12 April 2 012, Unknown

4. The one world record that fascinates me the most is the highest scoring average in NBA.

5. I am fascinated with this because me as a basketball fan and basketball player it seems impossible that anyone can score 50.4 points per game average.

6. Yes I would like to break a record. What I would want the record to be is make the most points in the NBA.

Student Success Statement: Theodore Hesburgh

Student Success Statement

“My basic principle is that you don’t make decisions because they are easy; you don’t make them because they are cheap; you don’t make them because they’re popular; you make them because they are right.”

Theodore Hesburgh

Reflection: I think that Theodore Hesburgh is telling us that when we make decisions we make them because they are right. There is no other way why we make decisions.

Licensed Practical Nurse

Licensed Practical Nurse

Duties and Responsibilities: Taking vital signs, such as blood pressure, temperature, and weight

Salary: $41,540

Education: High school diploma, bachelor’s degree in nursing, National Council of State Boards of Nursing exam

Reflection: I would but I wouldn’t like to become a licensed practical nurse. The reason why I wouldn’t like to become a licensed practical nurse is because the licensed practical nurses get paid to little. But I would like to become a licensed practical nurse because the job interests me.

Student Success Statement: Joseph Smith

Student Success Statement

“It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound (not good).

Joseph Smith

Reflection: What I think the quote means is that we have to make popular sound good and not make popular sound bad.

Home Health Aide

Home Health Aide

Duties and Responsibilities: Monitor patient condition by observing physical and mental condition

Salary: $22,050 per year

Education: Education requirements for home health aides vary depending on their employer

Reflection: I would not like to be a home health aide because the job does not interest me at all. I would also not like to be a home health aide because they get paid too little per year. 

Student Success Statement: Abraham Lincoln

Student Success Statement

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”

Abraham Lincoln

Reflection: What the quote means is that we will always loose no matter what. And it’s better to loose and be true than to win and not win fair. Also we must play fair with anyone that we go up against, although you lose or win you must be true and bound to be true.

April Fools Day

April Fool’s Day

1. April Fool’s Day in on April 1 .

2. April Fools is when people play practical jokes and hoaxes on each other.

3. A theory to April Fools is in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull decreeing a new standard calendar for Christian Europe that would take his name and centuries later become the standard internationally in the 21st century.

4. Mighty Minty Cookies

Pro: Might make the kids wary of eating your cookies in the future

Con: Might also make them wary of brushing their teeth

Student Success Statement: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Student Success Statement

“Character is higher than intellect.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reflection: What Ralph Waldo Emerson is trying to explain in this quote is that intellect is high. But character is even higher than intellect. What this means is depending on how good you act this act is higher than intellect.

Health Sciences Librarian

Health Sciences Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities: A health science librarian conducts in-depth research on different medical topics in order to find the latest information available.

Salary: In 2012, the average health science librarian earned an annual salary of around $52,000.

Education: To become a professional health science librarian, you must first complete a high school education with courses in science, math, and information technology and management. A bachelor’s degree in life sciences should then be followed by a master’s degree in library science.

Reflection: I will not like to be a health sciences librarian because the job doesn’t interest me. Also because a health sciences librarian doesn’t get paid a really good amount of money. 

Student Success Statement: Tyler Haws

Student Success Statement

“I trust that my hard work will pay off.”

Tyler Haws

Brigham Young University Basketball Player—

Mormon Church Missionary

Reflection: What the quote by Tyler Haws means is that if you work hard eventually it will all pay off. And once you work hard the work will pay off by you becoming the best. For example, you can become the top leading scorer for BYU just like Tyler Haws.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

The Cleveland Cavaliers are also known as the Cavs, they are an American Professional team in Ohio, Cleveland, United States. The Cavs play in the Central Division in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers began play in the NBA in 1970 as an expansion team. The Cleveland Cavalier colors are red, white, yellow, and burngandi.

Roster: Matthew Dellavedova, Joe Harris, Brendan Haywood, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Kevin Love, Marion Shawn, Mike Miller, Timofey Mozgov, Kendrick Perkins, Iman Shumpert, J.R Smith, Tristan Thompson, Anderson Varejao

Record: 44-26, this means that the Cavs have won 44 games and lose 26 games.

Cavaliers vs Heat Game

On Monday, March 16, 2015 there was an NBA game Cavaliers vs Heat. The Cavaliers lost this game by 14 to the Heat. LeBron with 26 points on that night and Wade with about 30 points that night. This was LeBron's former team. But on the off season during 2014-2015 season kicked was LeBron returning to his home team in Ohio the Cleveland Cavaliers after spending 4 season with the Miami Heat and winning 2 championships with the Miami Heat. 

During the game of the Heat vs Cavaliers on March 16 two fans of the Miami Heat brought a sign to the game asking LeBron " Come Home" to Miami. The sign also had a picture of LeBron's former teammates Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. The sign also read BFF which stands for Best Friends Forever. 

Careers in Other Countries

Careers in Other Countries

1. There are many careers outside of the U.S. For example, Doctors of any kind, Police, Teacher also of any kind, Engineering also of any kind, Coach, Referee, Fitness Trainer, Veterinarian, Actor, Lawyer, and many more. A doctor is a good career because you get paid really well depending on what kind of doctor you will like to become. Also and engineer is a good career because you also get paid well.

2. Reflection: I will not like to work in another career because I will have to learn a different language to be able to work. For example, I will have to be able to speak Italian, French, Chinese, Japanese, and other kinds of language to work in a country like these.

Student Success Statement: Brigham Young

Student Success Statement

“True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what right.”

Brigham Young

Reflection: I think that Brigham Young is try to say that the only way you can have freedom and independence is by doing what’s right. For example, if you choose the right you get your phone taken away for using it when you were not suppose to.

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick’s Day

1. Saint Patrick was a 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland.

2. The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, as well as celebrating the heritage and culture of the Irish in general.

3. St. Patrick’s day is designated when it is because this is the day that Saint Patrick died.  

4. You must wear the color green on Saint Patrick’s day because St Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish.

Video Reflection

What happen in the video was that the middle school team in Michigan planned a play for their game. But the coach didn't know the play but the players. What the play was it was not to score a touchdown. So what they did was right before the middle school team was scoring a touchdown they stop and took a knee. The whole crowed was mad because they didn't score a touchdown. When they were ready to score a touchdown they gave the ball to a kid who wasn't popular because of how sick and special he was and this boy scored a touchdown. What this kid is is now he is known around school and everyone likes him. This is an example of being truly great. 

Student Success Statement: George Chapman

Student Success Statement

“They’re only truly great who are truly good.”

George Chapman

Reflection: I think that George Chapman is saying that the people who are actually great are the one who behave good. For example, I you choose the right and don’t do drugs you are truly great.

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities

1. A volunteer opportunities here in Los Angeles are Health Fair for Head Start Families.

2. The places of the work for the health fair for head start families are in Los Angeles. What you do for this job is helps children in Los Angeles’s most challenged communities heal from the trauma of family.

3. The way you can apply to this health fair for head start families is get to the location 8am-3pm or 11am-2pm to help with the setup, distribution of items to clients, manage booths, and break down.

4. The age required for the job is 16. The dress code for the job is casual. The event will be rain or shine. And tennis shoes are recommended for the health fair for head start family’s job.

Student Success Statement: George Mitchell

Student Success Statement

“Many think that the short term gain will be worth the long term pain, but it isn’t. In addition, using steroids is cheating, and there is nothing worse in sports than a cheater. Don’t do it.”

George Mitchell

Reflection: What I think the quote means is that others think it is ok to cheat and it never hurts them once they do. But later on when they remember what they did wrong they will regret cheating. Although they were the best.