Brigham Young

Brigham Young

“True independence and freedom can only exist in what’s right.” I think that this quote means that freedom and independence can only truly come into your life if you follow all the rules, laws, or policies that you are supposed to. This applies to everything in life. One example can be school. In school, you will have true freedom and independence if you do the right thing. Some pros of following the rules can be the permitted used of a cell phone. Some teachers will let you play games, listen to music, or even talk if you are a reliable student who always does the right thing. These privileges can easily be taken away in an instant if you choose to disobey the rules that were set. When dealing with the law, you can have you freedom completely taken away. If you choose to disobey the law, you can face fines, jail time, and prison time. You might even get the death penalty, depending on where you live. If you always choose to do what right, then trouble may never find it’s way to you.

George Chapman

George Chapman

“They’re only truly great who are truly good.” This statement means that if you can have any abilities, skill, or talent, but you aren’t truly great if you aren’t a good individual. An example of this can be a very talented skateboarder. They can have all these skills that gave them their sponsors and be famous famous on social media. But when they decide to do drugs, they aren’t the great person they thought they were. Many people will despise or look down on you for doing drugs. It’s bad for your reputation and character. This can hurt your name, which you only get one of. Witt a blackened name, you won’t qualify for many things in life. Some examples of those things can be school, job, socializing, relationships, etc. This can lead to all sorts of trouble such as lack of communication or social skills. Even depression or death can be results of this.

George Mitchell

George Mitchell

“Many think that the short term gain will be worth the long term pain, but it isn’t. In addition, using steroids is cheating, and there is nothing worse in sports than a cheater. Don’t do it.” What this quote means to me is that even if you cheat, it will only benefit you for a little time. In the end, it will result in you being consumed by your guilt. Then you will experience the long term pain you were destined to have, when you decided that cheating would be a good idea. Being caught for cheating is a bad thing because others will see you as a bad person, or someone will think that you don’t deserve the things/position that you have. Cheating will make you feel good for a little bit, but then that feeling of happiness fades away prematurely. In the end, you will discover that the cheating you committed never actually benefitted you. It just hurts you by inflicting guilt, and ignorance.

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Opportunities

Open Casting Call for Actors for Easter Production

with Relevant Church Woodland Hills

An Easter Production, entitled "CROSSroads" will take place on Easter Sunday, 04.16.17, at Relevant Church Woodland Hills, on…

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Leadership Camp Facilitator

with Los Angeles Team Mentoring, Inc.

LATM's School;s out Summer Leadership Camp is a unique, week-long, college readiness camp offered to at-risk middle school students from...

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Want to make a difference? Be a Mentor at Boys & Girls Clubs of Long Beach!

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Dale Murphy

Dale Murphy

“I won’t cheat.”To me this quote is making a promise to yourself to not ever cheat on anything in life. The reason for this is because cheating comes with many consequences. This can affect your good name, and the trust between you and an individual. If you cheat in school, your aren’t really learning anything about the topic. This will result in you being dumb, and always having to rely on others to give you the answers. You shouldn’t cheat because if you get caught, then you will have to take a zero on the assignment that you cheated on. There was a college class in which everyone had to retake an exam because some found the answer sheets. Cheating can affect you, and those around you as well. Cheating will only benefit you for a short time. But there is going to be plenty of times where you aren’t given the opportunity to cheat. For example an exam closely monitored by a huge staff. Another example can be the use of performance enhancing drugs in sports. Many players get caught because of guilt, or the random testing for for the specific drug.

Dale Murphy

Dale Murphy

“Character matters most.” This statement means that character is more important than anything else in the world. There is so many things that are important in this world, but when it comes to character, you have to push everything else aside. Dale Murphy followed this, and this ultimately led to his success. An example of this could be when he wouldn’t accept interviews, unless he was well dressed. I can infer that he did this because he wanted to look like a good and professional individual. This is one of the reasons why people saw him as a good person. He about his career and fame. But he mostly cared about the character of his friends, family, and himself. He had 398 career home runs, and is now retired. Yet people still look up to this retired player because of his good character.

St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day

Who was St. Patrick? St. Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the “Apostle of Ireland”, he is the primary patron saint of Ireland.

What is the purpose of St. Patrick’s Day? Celebrates the Roman catholic feast day of the patron saint of ireland.

Why is St. Patrick’s Day designated when it is? St. Patrick died on March 17, 461.

Why a certain color on St. Patrick’s day? Pinching people on St Patrick's day is thought to revolve around the leprechaun and the legend that wearing green makes one invisible to the mischievous fairies. As the dubious legend dictates, leprechauns would pinch anyone not wearing green – so people pinch those not wearing green to remind them.

Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

“Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all.” To me this quote means that a right heart will always surpass and other quality or characteristic of a person. No matter how beautiful, strong, or rich they are. A great heart will always surpass anything else. An example of this can be one of those music artists who have all these dazzling qualities. They might be attractive, rich, and strong, but they might be disliked by many because the lack of heart they have. Someone who fits in all these including having a right heart, will be mostly known for their heart. The other qualities will always be the minority.

Medical/Health Volunteer Opportunities

 Medical/Health Volunteer Opportunities

Administrative Intern - Help us expand our Peer Led Arthritis Support Network program

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Do you know that 65% of the people living with arthritis are under the age of 65! Join us in improving the lives of adults living with...

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Patient Care Volunteer for Hospice

with Comfort Choice Hospice Care

Comfort Choice Hospice Care is seeking volunteers to provide emotional support, companionship and practical support for patients and...

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James freeman Clarke

James freeman Clarke

“ It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today.” What this quote means is that your actions at any time can result in a major difference in all eternity, meaning your image or name. James Holmes was a really good student and earned almost all A’s. He was also very intelligent at a very young age. But one day he decided to commit mass murder and was given 12 life sentences and 3,318 years in prison for his crimes. Although he was an amazing student, he messed up by his one known bad doing. His one terrible action had an impact on his life, and the lives of the people who were there to experience the shooting. This incident had a huge impact on the world, and lots of places in the US that are heavily populated, now have an upgrade in security.

Ophthalmologist

Ophthalmologist

Duties and responsibilities: a specialist in the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye.

Salary: The median annual salary is $724,119

Education: In order to become an ophthalmologist, students typically complete a bachelor's program, a 4-year Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) program and a 3-year ophthalmology residency in a hospital.

Demand: 22%

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Reflection: Eye problems is something that a lot of people will face in their lives. Because of this, I wouldn’t mind become an Ophthalmologist. It pays extremely well and seems interesting. I really enjoy learning about structure and the bodily functions of the human body. I have a basic understanding of how the eye works and its structure. I also like learning about certain diseases and structural abnormalities of a body part.

Charles Ketterer

Charles Ketterer

“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” This quote means that instead of trying to predict how the future is going to be, just create it on your own. If you plan on doing something, that counts as predicting the future. The action of completing that prediction is is creating the future on your own. An example of this is the goals journal that we do in Mr. Haymore’s class. We create goals that we 100% plan on doing. When the goal is complete, you write “victory” next to the goal that was completed. This is essentially predicting and creating the future. This helps us because it lets us control the results or outcome of something. Studies also show that if you write your goals down, you are more likely to achieve them. The completion of the completion of the goal gives you some form of achievement. This helps with achieving and creating more goals.

Operating Room Technician

Operating Room Technician

Duties and responsibilities: Preparing the operating room, making sure all  necessary supplies and surgical tools are sterile and ready, keeping track of all items used during surgery to make sure nothing gets misplaced, providing other assistance during the operation, delivering the patient to recovery, and cleaning up the operating room after surgery:

Salary: $33,216-$48,163

Education: A Bachelor’s degree is required for this job.

Demand or need for this profession: 15%

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Reflection: I would enjoy having this job when i’m still a bit young. But I would like to move to something higher up in the field. I think this is a great job to gain work experience. This job may satisfy many people, but I personally wouldn’t want this as my career. This job can pay a decent amount, but can sometimes pay really low, depending on certain factors such as work experience or education.

Otto Graham, Jr.

Otto Graham, Jr.

“Ask yourself, is it right or wrong to act accordingly.” An example of this statements taking place is when deciding whether to do something or not. If you know it’s acting accordingly, then it is right and you should do it. If you are place in a situation where someone you know doesn’t want you to do something then it’s up to you to decide. Even if they don’t like what you’re doing, you should do what is right, and what is best for everyone. Even if it affects you or another person negatively, you should still do it. Everyone needs to experience some downs in life. Without that, they wouldn’t be prepared for when they get hit hard by an issue that may come up in the future. It may happen to them or someone they love, but it will happen sooner or later.

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope

“Act well your part; there all honor lies.” To me this quote means that in order to be considered or feel honorable, you must act well on your part. An example of this can be in sports. If you win all your games, including the national or world championship, you aren’t considered honorable unless you did it without cheating. A little league baseball team that won the world series championship, was exposed for cheating. They were stripped of their title because they used players that didn’t weren’t from the same area as the other players. Their cheating made them destroy top tier teams until they actually won the world championship. Eventually, all your honor will be taken away once you’re exposed for cheating.

Nursing Home Administrator

Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and responsibilities: Typical duties of nursing home administrators include overseeing staff and personnel, financial matters, medical care, medical supplies, facilities, and other duties as specific positions demand.

Salary: The median annual salary is $106,410 as of February 22, 2017, with a range usually between $94,739-$118,546, however this can vary widely depending on a variety of factors.

Education: Being a nursing home administrator requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree in healthcare administration. However, most nursing home administrators have master's degrees in long-term care administration, health services administration, public health or business administration.

Demand for this profession: 14%

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Reflection: I would not like to become a Nursing Home Administrator because to me it seems like a job that requires an infinite amount of patience. I am a very patient person, but do not like working with older people that often. I am capable of doing so, but I won’t enjoy it one bit. I want a job where science a health plays a major role. This job may involve a little bit of both, but not enough for me to enjoy.

Rachel Castillo

Rachel Castillo

“If you do what’s right, if you live the right way, you’ll be taken care of.” This statement means that if you always do good and live your life doing good, then you will be treated well, protected, and taken care of. If you do not follow this then the exact opposite will occur. If you do bad things, and live your life doing bad, then bad things will happen to you. Those things that occur might have an impact on you emotionally, socially, or even physically. An example of this was was when Rachel Castillo found a bag on a golf course. The bag contain lots of money. It contained a total amount of $36,000 and she decided to return to it’s owner. Although she didn’t get any rewards, she believes that she will be rewarded by a higher power. This was a good thing to do because the person who owned the money was in declining health. The person was also really old.

Neurosurgeon

Neurosurgeon

Duties and Responsibilities:  Neurosurgeons diagnose and treat disorders of the brain, spinal cord and the central nervous system. It is a highly skilled (and highly stressful) profession that sometimes involves saving patients' lives. When they aren't with patients, some neurosurgeons take to the classroom to teach medical students

Salary: Median Pay is $368,000

Education: Earn a Bachelor’s degree, attend medical school, pass the medical licensing exam, complete an internship and neurosurgical residency program, become state licensed and board certified, and continue education afterwards.

Demand for Profession: 24.4%

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Reflection: Becoming a neurosurgeon would be fun for me because I enjoy talking about the nervous system. It also pays really well, but requires many years of education. Although the education requirement takes a long time to accomplish, I would still do it for the opportunity to enhance my intellect.