X-Ray Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:

Radiologic Technologists use x-ray machines, ultrasound machines, magnetic resonance scanners, positron emission scanners, and other technologically advanced machines to help diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries under the direction of a physician.  They are responsible for explaining and getting patients ready for radiological tests and treatment that will be performed.  They place the equipment at the right distance and right angle from the patient to make the appropriate images for the physician.  

Salary:

$24,000 - $36,000

Education:

To become a registered radiologic technologist, students must complete a two year training program in a hospital or school.  A high school diploma or GED certificate is required for entry into these programs.

Student Success Statement

Cowardice asks the question 'Is it safe?'

Expediency asks the question 'Is it popular?'

But, conscience asks the question 'Is it right?'

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one's conscience tells one that it is right.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I feel that he is trying to say that you shouldn't care what other people say about your actions because if you feel that you did the right thing then you shouldn't care about what other people say because your opinion is way more important than theirs.

Radiologic Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Radiologic Technologists use x-ray machines, ultrasound machines, magnetic resonance scanners, positron emission scanners, and other technologically advanced machines to help diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries under the direction of a physician. They are responsible for explaining and getting patients ready for radiological tests and treatment that will be performed.  

Salary:

 $24,000 - $36,000

Education:

To become a registered radiologic technologist, students should complete a two year training program in a hospital or school. A high school diploma or GED certificate is required for entry into these programs.

Student Success Statement

"Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it."

Abraham Lincoln 

I feel that this quote is trying to say that if we have faith we can achieve anything.

Radiation Therapist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Radiation Therapy Technologists assist radiologists and onocologists (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. 

Salary:

$22,000 - $36,000

Education:

Students should take the most challenging high school courses in science, math, and English. Students can train to become a radiation therapist in either one or two year programs.

Student Success Statement 

The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: 

self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem.

Dr, Laura Schlessinger

I think that this quote is trying to say that you don't have to expect anything in return from anyone else when you do something right because even when they don't give anything in return you will always reward yourself by feeling good about yourself.

Psychologist

Duties and Responsibilities:

Psychologists study the behavior and actions of people to understand, explain, and change their behavior patterns.  They also provide counseling and therapy to those with emotional, learning, and behavior problems.  Psychologists work in schools, clinics, hospitals, and private practice.

Salary:

$45,000 - $65,000

Education:

Students should prepare for a career in psychology by taking the most challenging (AP or IB) high school courses available, especially in English and science.