My grades have dropped significantly. I think it's just because of 1 class which is algebra 2. I don't like that class. I have a D and if i don't pick it up I won't be passing that class and will have to retake it with the same teacher. I need to either raise or go talk to my councelor so that she can change my class. I dont know what to do anymore as everything he says goes in one ear and out the other. I dont understand his teachning or anything he says therefore i dont do my work.

Ophthalmologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Ophthalmologists are medically trained doctors with specialist skills in the eye and visual system. Their patients include people of all ages; even babies. Most want to become consultant, where they develop the technical skills of a micro surgeon with the therapeutic skills of a doctor. Some but very few ophthalmologists are also trained in general medicine. The common conditions treated are cataracts, glaucoma, and diabetes. They work in hospital eye casualty departments, outpatient clinics, and laser eye surgery clinics. Their tasks include: assessing and examining patients in order to make a diagnosis, managing busy general outpatient clinics, operating equipment such as ophthalmoscopes, and carrying out surgical procedures using an operating microscope.

Salary: $257,000

Education: Students should take:

• Four years of medical school                                                 
• One year of internship
• Three years  of residency in ophthalmology
• Special training in all aspects of eye care

Reflection: I would not like to be an ophthalmologist because I am not interested in eye surgery. 

Choose the Right!!!
Student Success Statement
"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher

This means to be better than what peolpe think of you and dont shape yourself to fit their expectations.
If soemone expects you to not succeed you can prove them wrong and do everyhting you can to be better than they are. It is as if someone told you you can't even make it into a community college and you end up going straight into a university. You have proved them wrong and done better than what they expected.

Ophthalmic Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:   The duties of an Ophthalmic Technician are several. They include taking patient medical histories, instructing patients about medications, tests, and procedures, performing various vision and diagnostic tests, assisting ophthalmologists with patient procedure, coordinating patient scheduling, and supervising and training other ophthalmic assistants.

Salary: The average salary is between $30,000-$70,000

Education: You need to have a high school diploma and 2 years of college to begin the ophthalmic technician training. These programs are usually 2 years.

 

 I dont want to be one because the career doesn't interest me

Choose the Right!!

Student Success Statement

"Goal setting is goal getting. Set and get."

Mark Victor Hansen

This means that you will get what you set.You have to reach with ambition to your goals to get what you want. If you know what you want then you will eventually get it. This is because if you know what you want then you will know what to do to get it.

I still havent reached many of my goals. I am also convinced that that won't be happening any time soon. I have completed some minor goal but not the ones with the bigger picture. Those, I admit won't be happening until i am older. I try not to forget about this notebook and try to carry it with me wherever i go but sometimes it's difficult. I think this notebook has helped me seen what i want for myself and what i am up against. The dreams i have are big and i know it wont be easy to get there. I think one of my main goals i have to work on is to stop comparing myself to others. For some reason, whenever I see a girl i start tolist the reasons why she is better than me and always put myself as a minority. I guess i have to work on that and i still have a long way  to go. In all, I hope to have finished most of these goals by the end of the year.

Operating Room Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:
Operating room technicians are also called surgical technicians or surgical technologists.  They assist in preparing operating rooms for surgery.  They are responsible for having surgical instruments, sterile bandages and linens, needed fluids, and other equipment ready for the operation.  They may also assist doctors by handing them needed instruments during surgery and for counting sponges and needles before and after the operation.  They deliver specimens to hospital laboratories for analysis, and after operations they take patients to the recovery room.

Average Salary:  $16,000 - $22,000

Educational Requirements:

·        High school diploma or GED certificate is required

·        Two year program in  operating room

·     Training programs in which students receive training in medical terminology, physiology, and sterilization methods

·         An examination by the Association of Surgical Technologists to become certified.

I would want to be an operating room technician because the career seems interesting.