Student Success Statement, Dean Smith

Student Success Statement

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

Dean Smith

What the quote means is that if a person does what’s right they would leave a legacy be hide. A legacy is not always about who gets the more wins or points but to be acknowledge the person you really are.   

Firefighter

Firefighter

Duties and Responsibilities: provide a wide range of emergency services, putting out fires from buildings and forests. It’s a physical demanding job and when there’s an emergency there often the first responders to get there.   

Education: pass a written and physical examinations, the written test is to know there knowledge of basic codes and layouts and the physical test is to know there strength and agility

Salary: $30,000 - $52,000

Reflection:  A fireman is a hard physical job that needs to be taken very serious. This is a job that I would like to do because I’m a person that likes to move around a lot.  

Student Success Statement, Dr. Randy Pausch

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 takes care of itself. The dreams will come to you.”

Dr. Randy Pausch   

What the quote means is that if you want your dreams to come true follow your own path and don’t get any help on the way. Because in the end its all worth it.  

Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Doctor

Duties and Responsibilities: An ENT Doctor does treatments for the ears, nose, throat, head and neck. They have expertise in managing diseases in those types of areas.

Salary: $205,000

Education: Bachelor of Science, 1 year of general surgery and a 4 year course of Otolaryngology

Reflection: To be an ENT doctor sounds like a really good job, they get paid well per year. The only thing why I would not choose this job because this is something I did not have in mind while growing up.

Electrocardiograph Technician

Electrocardiograph Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Provides data for diagnosis of heart ailments. Edits and forwards final test results to attending physician for analysis and interpretation.

Salary: $34,385 - $44,062

Education: Associate’s degree in cardiovascular technology.

Reflection: To be a electrocardiograph technician sounds like a job that I would like to do because there duties are pretty much anyone can do.

Student Success Statement, M.L.K

Student Success Statement

“Intelligence plus character that is the goal of true education”

 

M.L.K

What I think the quote means is that if you have intelligence plus character there so many thing you can accomplish.  

Registered Dietitian

Registered Dietitian

Duties and Responsibilities: Is a trained nutrition professional who has met the strict educational and experiential standards set forth by the commission on Dietetic registration (CDR). They usually work in schools, hospitals, public health facilities and etc.

Salary: $56,170- $88,100

Education: Classes they take are chemistry, Sociology, Economics, Microbiology, Food and Nutrition Science.

 

Reflection: To be a Dietitian is really hard, there so many classes they need to take plus on top of that they need to know more subjects. For me this is not a job would like to do because I’m not really that much interested of being a dietitian.