Radiation Therapist

                   Radiation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities: Radiation Therapy Technologists assist radiologists and oncologists (cancer specialists) in treating diseases by exposing areas of patients' bodies to ionizing radiation.  In addition to helping with treatments, technologists are responsible for maintaining the radiation therapy equipment and helping to maintain patient records.  Radiation therapy is provided in hospitals, public health clinics, cancer treatment centers, and private offices.

Average Salary:  $22,000 - $36,000

Educational Requirements: Students should take the most challenging science, math, and English courses available in high school.

Students can train to become a radiation therapist in either one or two year programs.  One year programs are often offered by hospitals.  To qualify for a one year program, an applicant must have graduated from an approved program in radiologic technology or been a nurse with education in radiation physics.  A high school diploma or a GED is required to enter two year courses.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement
 "Right is right only when entire."
                              Victor Hugo

Student Success Statement

    Student Success Statement
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the things has changed but that our power to do has increased."
                                   Ralph Waldo Emerson

Reflection: We persist in life to do better, its in our nature to do so.
When we want something done good and fast we find a way to do it.

When you tell one line

                     When you tell one line
                                                                        Paul Hatch
when you tell one lie, it leads to another
So you tell two lies to cover each other
Then you tell three lies and, Oh Brother,
your in trouble up to your ears

So you tell four lies to protect you
Then you tell five lies so folks wont suspect you
Then you tell six lies and you'll collect
A life filled with worries and fears

'Cause you can't remember how many lies you've told
And half the things you say aren't true
And sometime you'll slip up, you'll trip up and then
Whatever will become of you?
so you lie and lie without even trying
and each lie you tell will keep multiplying
'Till the whole wide world will know your lieing
then you'll be
suspected
detected
rejected
neglected
disliked
and you should!
When you lie, your closing the door On everything good

Student Success Statement

    Student Success Statement
"Your worth consist in what you are and in what you have"

                                    Thomas Edison

Reflection One of our great inventors is worth a lot to us because of what he did not what he has.

Psychiatrist

                           Psychiatrist

Duties and Responsibilities: Psychiatrists are physicians who specialize in the problems of mental illness.  As physicians, they are licensed to use a very wide variety of treatment and may write prescriptions.  Psychiatrists may work for the government, have their own private practice, or work in hospitals, clinics, or universities.  Their duties include:

         ·         Designing treatment programs.

         ·         Conducting psychotherapy sessions.

         ·         Prescribing potent mental illness drugs.

        ·         Supervising electrotherapy treatments.

       ·         Conducting research.

       ·         Leading a team of mental health care providers.

Average Salary:  $90,000 - $200,000

Educational Requirements: In addition to completing the requirements for a degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine, psychiatrists must complete an intensive three year residency in psychiatry.

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement
"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in DETERMINATION."
                             Tommy Lasorda

Reflection: Give it your best and you can accomplish the impossible