Student success statement

The answer to these questions will determine success or failure:

!. Can people trust me to do what’s right?

2.  Am I committed to doing my very best?

3. Do I treat people the way they want to be treated?

“If the answer to these questions was YES, then there is no way you can fail.”

-Lou Holtz

What I think this means is that if you answered the entire above yes then you are a good person and will be successful in life and won’t have to worry about having a bad reputation and you are able to have a good job and everything will be good. Cause if you do what’s right then, then right things will happen If you are committed to doing your very best then you know you are successful. And if you treat people well then you’ll have a good reputation. 

Optometrist

Duties and Responsibilities: Optometrists treat some vision problems.  They treat vision problems by diagnosing the problem and then they prescribe corrective eyeglasses, contact lenses, or vision therapy. Some optometrists specialize in industrial vision safety, treatment of vision related learning disabilities, and environmental vision care.  Unlike ophthalmologist they aren’t physicians and may not write medical prescriptions, treat diseases, or perform surgery.

Salary: $78,000

Education: Students interested in becoming an optometrist should take the most challenging high school courses (AP or IB) available in math, science, and English.  Before entering an optometry school at least two years of college in a pre-professional program is required.

Reflection:  I think I would like this job because I myself wear glasses and I will learn new things about it and I could also help myself with my own vision.

Student Success Statement

“Never look to the ground for your next step. Greatness belongs to those who look to the horizon.”

-Bud Greenspan

What I think this statement is saying is that if you always have your head down you’re not going to learn anything so you have to keep your head up and learn new things.

Orthotist

Duties and responsibilities: Orthotist work with patients that need extra support for their muscles, spine, or limbs. Both design, make, and fit apparatuses made of plastic, wood, leather, and metal that help stabilize, strengthen or replace body parts. They also make and fit devices that help align limbs that have grown in a crooked manner.

Salary:$25,000 -$40,000

Education: Students should take challenging science, math, and English courses in high school.  Some colleges and universities offer bachelor degrees in orthotic. These programs include courses in anatomy, physics, mathematics, mechanical drawing, and the use of materials used in the making of devices.  After a year of experience a person may apply for certification.'

Reflection: i dont think i would like this job just becasue it doesn't reall seem to to interest me as much as i thought it would.

Student Success Statement

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body it is the basic of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong."

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-President John F. Kennedy

what  i think this means is that we have to stay fit and and i shape and not let us get out of shape and "what the mind can concieve the body can achieve."

Optician

Duties and Responsibilities: Opticians fit and dispense eyeglasses for patients based upon prescriptions written by ophthalmologists or optometrists. Optician’s help the customer’s select eyeglass frames and then measure their faces so that correct size frames can be ordered.  They also measure the distance between the corneas of the eyes so that the lenses may be correctly fitted in the frames. 

Salary: $19,000 - $40,000

Education: Students should take high school courses in physics, algebra, mechanical drawing, and geometry.  A high school diploma or GED certificate is needed to begin training as an optician

Reflection: I don’t think I would like this job I’m just not suitable for it, and I have no interest in it.

Student Success Statement

"No student ever attains eminent success by simply doing what required of him/her it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."

-Charles Kendall Adams, American historian

What I think this means is that you don’t become successful in life; it isn’t that simple you have to achieve it in order to be successful. This means wonderful things and good things and always do what is right in order achieve what you want.