Optician

Optician

Duties and Responsibilities: An optician, or dispensing optician is a technical practitioner who designs, fits, and dispenses corrective lenses for the correction of a person’s vison.

Salary: $33,000-$54,000

Education: Requires an associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree in optician for career advancement and state licensure.

 

Reflection: I would like to become an optician because it seems like a career i would enjoy and would work hard to do.

Nursing Home Administrator

Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities: The role of the nursing home administrator is to supervise, plan, develop, monitor and maintain appropriate standards of care throughout all departments in the nursing home.

Salary: $70,000-$90,000

Education: Requires a license, any degree depending on what duties you have and is good with residents.

Reflection: I would not want to be a nursing home administrator because it does not seem like a career i would like.

Forgiveness

Forgiveness
Prisoner Eric Smallridge was convicted with a DUI and Manslaughter for drinking and driving; killing two girls Megan and Lisa around the age of 20. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison but when Megan's mother Renee asks the judge to cut that sentence in half the judge does. Megan's mother (one of the girls killed in the accident) forgives Eric because she doesn't want to hate him forever and she sees that he is really sorry for what he did to her daughter so she forgives him for what he did. They both talk to kids at school about drinking and driving and Eric gets out early from prison and gets to be with his happy parents eventually the other girls family forgives him to.
 

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

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

 

Alan Paton

Reflection: I agree with this quote because it is true that, if we don't forgive someone no matter how deep the injury; it is not heald until you forgive the person whom injured you. 

Mechanical Engineer

Mechanical Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities: As a mechanical engineer you, might develop a bike lock or an aircraft carrier, a child’s toy or a hybrid car engine, a wheel chair or a sailboat- in other words just about anything you can think of that involves a mechanical process, whether it’s a cool, cutting-edge product or a life-saving medical device.

Salary: $52,000-$80,000-$121,000

Education: Requires math four years, some engineering jobs require only an associate’s degree, four years of English and science.

Reflection: I would consider becoming a mechanical engineer.

Medical Surveillance Technician

Medical Surveillance Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: A medical surveillance technician installs and removes various types of cameras throughout the establishment. Maintains, repairs, and installs alarms and Creates tapes for training and investigation.

Salary: $43,934

Education: May require an associates degree or its equivalent and 0-2 years of experience.

Reflection: I would not like to become a medical surveillance technician.

 

Animal Care Specialist

Animal Care Specialist (68T)

Duties and Responsibilities: The animal care specialist is primarily responsible for the prevention and control of diseases transmitted from animal to man, as well as comprehensive care for government-owned animals.

Salary: $99,000

Education: Job training for an animal care specialist require 10 weeks of basic combat training and 11 weeks of Advanced Individual Training, including practice in animal care.

Reflection: I would like to become an animal care specialist because it seems like a great job to benefit from and learn from, and I would like to take care of/treat the animals.