Optometrist

Duties and Responsibilities: Optometrists treat vision problems. They treat the problem by diagnosing the problem and prescribing corrective eyeglasses, contact lenses, or vision therapy. Some optometrists specialize in industrial vision safety, Treatment of vision, related learning disabilities, and environmental vision care.

Salary: $78,000

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

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Reflection: I think i wouldn't want to become an optometrist because i am not interested in what an optometrist does.

                                                                      Reflection
John F. Kennedy basically said that in order for the citizens and the country to be strong we all have to be physically fit. That means that all the mothers, fathers, and children have to all gather together and exercise. This is how we can make our country better by making our citizens healthier and stronger. One way i can make myself into a better healthier person and get physically fit is to first of all eat healthier. Another way i can get physically fit is to stay away from drugs because they are going to harm me. And the last is to exercise and those are the ways i can become physically fit.

                                                       Student Success Statement
"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis 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 that the Greeks knew: that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong."
                                                      President John F. Kennedy
I think this quote means that intelligence and skill can only function when we are healthy and strong. Now that just doesn't mean physical fitness but also the mind. Your mind has to be healthy. It is very difficult and not very much is known but we do have to be healthy and strong to show our intelligence.

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                                                                        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.

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Reflection: I think i wouldn't want to become one because i am not interested in this job.

                                                    Student Success Statement
"No student ever attains eminent success by simply doing what is 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
I think this quote means that even though you do what is required or needed you can still do better than that. You have to do what is beyond requirement to determine the greatness of ultimate distinction. For example if you had a project that you had to do for one of your classes and you do everything that is required you can do more than that. There are many more things that you can do to make it better.

                                                        Optical Laboratory Technician

Duties and Responsibilities: Create contact lenses and prescription eyeglasses. They work very closely optometrists, opticians, and ophthalmologists. On the job training is common in the industry. Voluntary certification is available and recommended to optical lab technicians.

Salary: $28,590

Education: many optical lab technicians have to earn their high school diploma or GED and then develop their skills while working in the field. New optical lab technicians start as assistants and work with experienced technician until they are experienced enough to work by themselves.

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Reflection: I think i would want to become one because this job does interest me.

                                                      Student Success Statement
              "Doing what is right, fair and honorable is more important than winning or loosing."
                                                           Chick Moorman
I think this quote means that it doesn't really matter if you win or loose but to do what is right, fair, and honorable. That is what makes you a true champion. If you were to win or loose it wouldn't feel as great or feel the same as if you were to do what was right, fair, and honorable.