A Choice: Poverty or Prosperity

                                 

Dr. Ben Carson started his life as a child of a family of 24, obviously he was very poor. As a young kid he did not like school, he was basically the worst student in hus school, but when his mother decided to tell him to not watch television and to read more he knew that he was becoming smarter. I agree with Ben Carson’s testimony. Poverty is not something you HAVE to live with it is just a choice of life you are given. You either stay in poverty or you make something out of yourself and become successful. Carson became a very successful doctor who put his life into separating conjoined twins.  He was able to prosper in his career and was soon running for president in 2016. Being put born poor gave Carson a choice of becoming someone and many people can do the same, life is all about choices. When you do the right thing great things happen, Ben’s mother made the choice of not seeing her children waste their time watching nonsense and gave them a gift of reading that helped them a lot in life. Like Ben Carson said you try your best and God will do the rest. Education is the greatest thing you can be given, try making the best of it.

                            Medical Assistant

Duties and Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of a medical assistant includes answering phone calls, greeting patients, updating and filling in patients’ medical records, filling out insurance forms, scheduling appointments, and handling billing. Meanwhile, clinical duties may include explaining treatments to patients, preparing patients for examination, doing basic laboratory tests amongst many more other things.

Salary:

$33,330 per year as of December 2016. A medical assistant is paid approximately 16 dollars an hour.

Education:

It is required that a medical assistant obtains a high school diploma, medical assistant certificate, 0-2 years of experience in a related field. Most employers prefer assistant with training or experience. However, in some states all you need is a high school diploma.

Demand or Need For Profession:

Throughout the years medical assistant job outlooks have been very promising. Employment in this field is projected to grow at least 34% as of 2018.

                

Reflection:

Since I was small I wanted to be a doctor because it looked so professional and high class.However, as i grew older and learned more about the body and roles of a doctor it started to gross me out. Which leads to this, i think becoming a medical assistant is a wonderful opportunity for me. It is not as horrid as doing operations but it is in the medical field. So yes I think i would like to be a medical assistant.

“Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education”                         By: Martin Luther King Jr.

                 

When you are spoken about education, all you think of is the basics which is school, smarts and intelligence. That is only half true because when it comes to education we do not only learn about math and science, we are also taught how to behave. To be successful you need to be intelligent, but to be someone in life you also need to have a good personality. It can not be one or the other, because intelligence cannot run alone without character. People mostly because of who you are, and what you aspire to be. It is not right to want to become a teacher with a character that is not good. And it is not right to want to be the best football player when your grades are nearly as good as your skills. That is why in many schools you are required to have a grade of D or upper in order to play a sport. Because good sportsmanship is good character and good brains.

               My Winter Break

                    

During my winter break I spent time trying to finish all the episodes of The Vampire Diaries, which I did. Since I didn’t have homework I was capable of doing more stuff. For xmas eve I spent the night at my aunt's house for a family night. We ate and had a bonfire, 3 days after we celebrates my brother's birthday on the 27th. His cake was so delicious it was the first time I actually ate it all because i am not a fan of cake. I did my best not to text certain people and to spend more time going out. That's what I always say and I always end up staying at home. I went to the mall and ps. I bought shoes and a bomber jacket and some other apparel. I was happy to Know it was the first time I bought everything with my own money. I wanted to work for winter break but I wasn’t able to because it is hard to find a job for a 14 year old girl. For New Years eve we didn’t do that much of a celebration as other years but we stayed up till 12 and yeah. For the rest of the week we basically slept ate good food and duh watch movies. I recently started watching Girl Meets World from Disney channel. It is pretty cool and funny, I got sick during the last couple of days and so I had a 13 mile race which was the 1st race I passed Lissbeth. I would of liked to go out more with my friends but  sometimes it is better at home with not so fake surroundings.  I learned many lessons these couple of days and wish they’d help me grow throughout these months left of freshman year.

  The Sting of a Scorpion

                                                                              -Elder Patrick Kearon

In this short memory of Patrick Kearon he talks about a time when he disobeyed his parents on a trip to the Arabian Peninsula.  His mother had told him to always wear shoes when he was going to walk around in the desert sand, but that one time he decided to be rebellious and lazy that he wore his sandals to walk around instead. He was later stung by a scorpion and had to suffer the pain for more than two hours until they got to the hospital. Patrick was fortunate enough that his parents were nearby to carry him and take him to the hospital. But if he had been further away he would of had to suffer more pain and the consequences would of been more severe. This story that Patrick told us teaches us all that Choosing the wrong and being disobedient leads to more than just pain. It affects the people around you when you decide to do bad choices. Older people have already passed through teen years and pressure so they know what they are telling you when they say “do this” and “don’t do this.”