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"Only those live who do good."  - Count Leo Tolstoy

I do not necessarily agree with this statement. I believe that to live, you live by how you like it. Everyone is different, some people may enjoy somethings that others may not. It is like the word "good". When you think about  good, most of the time to everyone it means the same thing, but in some things some people believe something might be good or right and to others it may not be. This also depends on where people live, as culture also has a lot to do with this. Everyone can "live" how they want to, as long as they are not hurting anybody or anything, in my opinion. We all have a free will, and we can choose to follow other's will or our own.

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Optometrist

Duties and responsibilities

Optometrist or also known ass eye doctors may do a lot of things related to helping your eyesight. They may diagnose eye problems and eye diseases. They prescribe eyeglasses and other things.

Salary

$103,900 

Education

To become an optometrist you must at least have doctoral or a professional degree.

Demand or need

The demand for this particular job is high, as it is projected to grow by 27% from 2014 to 2024.

Reflection

I wouldn't mind becoming an optometrist, as it seems like a really interesting profession.

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"What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right." - Albert Einstein

I agree with this quote, sometimes we make things that shouldn't be normal, normal. For example, in this era, drugs are becoming more and more popular, when they harm you so much. Apart from this, things that should be normal or popular are not. There are so many things that should be popular and aren't, like helping others. There are many opportunities to do this but people don't take advantage of them.

Topic of Choice

Internet Memes

In this day in age memes are everywhere. You can find them in a lot of webpages and you probably use them in some of your conversations. Sometimes people use them so much that it becomes like a daily thing, like an addiction. Sometimes these memes can help even in your workplace, making it more enjoyable. To understand why this happens, we must know first, what is a meme? Biologist Richard Dawkins first used the term meme (meem) in his book The Selfish Gene – as a parallel to genes – "to refer to any cultural entity that an observer might consider a replicator, such as songs or fashion. Therefore, even some songs can be considered a meme.Employees have moved water cooler talk online. Now, colleagues from any job role or location can share bits about daily company life, and those bits can become useful insights.Not every office topic needs to have a trending meme on Twitter to be important. Social listening can still help human resources pin point job satisfaction issues, and even give management a way to solve problems within online conversations – multiple conference calls not withstanding.

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  "I hated poverty, Poverty is more of a choice than anything else, and I can change that (poverty). It depend upon how hard I want to work and I decided that I would change it."     -Dr. Ben Carson

   I don't really agree with this quote, but I also don't disagree, as it is true in a lot of cases. In some cases, when in poverty in the U.S. I do agree that it is more of a choice. In this country a lot of doors are open to anybody. Most homeless people are homeless because of their choice. They are too lazy to work, and whatever money they get by asking others for it, they waste it on stupid things like drugs. But in some places like Africa, or some Latin American countries, the choice isn't really there. In some of those countries you can work really hard and still not get anywhere in life. For example, in some places in Africa, some children don't really get the choice, or opportunity to go to school, and this leads to not getting a good choice, which leads to poverty. And like this, this becomes a chain in the family, and they can't get out of it until some really big opportunity happens and they use it, which I'm guessing is rare. But this is all in my opinion, and I get where he is coming from, so good for him.

Current Health Related Issue or Event

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES ARE BAD

According to NBC News, they state that E-cigarettes can be just as harmful as normal cigarettes. Most of the people involved in this problem are teens, as they are the people that do this the most. By it being about teens, it involves every teen, including myself. It states that it is that much of a problem, because even if it is technically healthier, it still has a lot of nicotine, which is the substance that makes you addicted to smoking. The article does not state about anything being done about this issue.


https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/e-cigarettes-can-hook-teens-raise-risk-smoking-report-finds-n840256


Reflection
I don't know what you would be able to do about this issue, as you can't really control anybody. People still do illegal stuff, and they don't care. I don't think it would be different issue.

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"Even if everyone is doing it, WRONG IS NEVER RIGHT."
 -Russel M. Nelson

I agree with this statement by Russel M. Nelson. Not because everyone is doing something wrong makes it right. You can see these types of situations everywhere, in school, work, any place. People follow others, and because of this people do wrong. This obviously doesn't make it good, but since others do it, why shouldn't you be able to do it. At least that is the mentality that followers have. Apart from this, it becomes easier to do what is wrong, and to do it alone. Once you notice you might be the only one doing wrong, but you won't see it like that because you got so used to it. In conclusion, I do really agree with this quote and I think a lot of people may consider this obvious, even though they might do wrong too.

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Veterinary Physician 

Responsibilities

Many veterinarians treat small companion animals. As a small animal vet, you may perform services such as spaying and neutering, setting broken bones, treating wounds and providing geriatric care for older pets.

Salary

$88,490

Education

To become veterinary physician you must have a doctoral degree.

Demand or need 

Projected to grow by 18% from 2014 to 2024

Reflection

I would maybe consider becoming a vet, as it sounds very interesting to me. I would not mind becoming a vet.

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"Enthusiasm makes the difference"

 -Dr. Norman Vincent Peale 

I agree with this quote completely. Enthusiasm can make a really big difference in some things we do. When we reallly want to do something and you do it with enthusiasm you do it happily and more efficiently. There is a big difference between the way you do something when you are forced to do it than when you are doing it enthusastically. When you have to do something and you don't want to you do it mad and you are more likely to mess up and having to do it again. But when you do something enthusiastically you do it happily, and try to do it as best as possible. You are also more likely to have fun while doing something enthusiastically. So, in conlusion Enthusiasm does make a big difference. We might not always pay attention to it, but it does have different consequences.

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Occupational Therapist 

Duties and responsibilities 

Occupational therapists normally treat injured, ill or disabled people through therapetic use of everyday activities. They help the people recover and improve skills for their daily lives.

Salary 

80,150

Education

The entry level of education needed to become an occupational therapist is a masters degree.

Demand or need 

The demand for this profession is projected to grow by 21%.

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Reflection

This occupation does not really interest me and I would probably never consider becoming an occupational therapist.

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"I wasn't trying to leave a legacy. I was trying to do what was right."  -Dean Smith

This is a very honorable and humble quote he expressed. I am happy that people like this exist in the world. I hope to be like him, to always think and put my mind on doing what is right, rather than doing everything I need to accomplish something, even if I do need to resort to drastic measures. Some people like that exist, and I would 100% rather follow Dean Smith's footsteps than those other people's. I also agree that what is important is the journey, rather than the goal. Throughout life you meet a lot of people, and a lot of those are met through the journey towards a goal and they might be with you until the end. This doesn't happen with goals. Once you accomplish a goal, that's it, you're done, but it is not like that with the people you meet. In conclusion, I admire the way Dean Smith worked during his life span, and may he rest in peace.

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Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities:

 Some duties that Nursing Home Administrators do are overseeing staff and personnel, financial matters, medical care, medical supplies, facilities. 

Salary:

Around $109,235

Education:

To become Nursing Home Administrator, you at least need a bachelor's degree in healthcare administration.

 

Demand or need:

The employment needs for this job is expected to grow by 17% by 2024.

Reflection:

I would not mind being a home administrator, but it would not be my ideal job.

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"It's not about how you achieve your dreams. It's about how to lead your life the RIGHT WAY, the karma (good results, destiny, fortune, good luck) will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you." Dr. Randy Pausch.

I do believe that you should live life the right way. In everything, you should do your best to do the best. I am not a firm believer in karma, but sometimes your actions affect how people think of you and they can help you. If you are very nice to someone, that person will probably help you in the future. Apart from living correctly because of this, by living correctly you get happy with yourself and you become happy. There is always something to be glad about. Being good and doing the right thing whenever you can is always good as it helps you lead your life into happiness. Then again, that is just my opinion. Anybody can believe whatever they want, this is just my point of view.