Pharmacy Technician

Duties & Responsibilities:

A pharmacy technician works in pharmacies under the directions of a pharmacist. They are responsible for filling prescriptions to patient that are ordered by doctors. They measure the correct amount of medication from large containers to prescription size containers. Other duties they have are checking inventories and ordering supplies, receiving and checking in supplies, waiting on customers, keeping pharmacy work areas clean and helping filling out insurance forms.

Salary: $15,000 - $25,000

Education:

To become a pharmacy technician while you are in high school you should take math, science (especially chemistry), and some typing courses in high school. A high school diploma is usually required to begin pharmacy technician training.  Two year courses leading to certificates are available at most community collages.  Six month programs are offered at privately operated schools.

Reflection:

I don’t think I would like to become a pharmacy technician because it doesn’t catch my attention in becoming one. I don’t really think it is interesting becoming a pharmacy technician. 

Student Success Statement

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." 

-Henry David Thoreau

This is a really good quote by Henry Thoreau. To me this quote means to always follow your dreamsWith a lot of anticipation in whatever it is that you will like to accomplish. What I think he means by saying 'live the life that you have imagined' is to practice our dreams and get them accomplish so that way we can live the experience of what we always dram of. For example, if we read our 100+ goals everyday, we already have a direction in which we are trying to go or reach. Once we have completed or reach that goal, we are already living the life we were imagining. 

Pharmacist

Duties & Responsibilities:
A pharmacist is responsible to compound and prepare prescriptions written by physicians, dentist, and other practitioners. They must review the prescriptions to validate their accuracy and to prepare the medication. The compounds have to be prepared so that the pharmacist can then dispense them to the customers and patients. They also answer questions to patients and costumers, about the drugs they're selling and the ones that can be sold over the counter. Pharmacist work in hospitals, clinics, health departments, universities, and grocery, drug and discount stores.

Salary: $33,000 - $51,000

Education:
Students should take the most challenging high school classes available in English, science, and math. All pharmacists must graduate from a college of pharmacy.  Most pharmacy schools require applicants to take the Pharmacy College Admissions Test (P-CAT), and some require up to two years of pre-pharmacy education. Other colleges will admit students directly from high school. Normally it takes at least five years to earn a Pharmacy Degree.

Reflection: I don't think i will consider myself a pharmacist. It doesn't really catch my attention in becoming one.

Optician

Duties & Responsibilities:

Opticians Fit Eyeglasses For Patients Based Upon Prescriptions. Opticians Help The Customers Select Eyeglass Frames And Then Measure Their Faces So That Correct Size Frames Can Be Ordered.  An Optician Measures The Distance Between The Corneas Of The Eyes So That The Lenses Is Fitted To The Frame. Some Opticians Specialize In The Fitting Of Contact Lens And Also In Fitting Artificial Eyes. 

Salary: $19,000 - $40,000

Education: 

 To Become An Optician You Should Take High School Classes In Physics, Algebra, Mechanical Drawing, And Geometry. A High School Diploma Or Ged Certificate Is Needed To Begin Training As An Optician.  There Are Two Types Of Training Programs. 

Reflection:

I dont think i would be happy working as an optician, because it doesnt catch my attention working with people's eyes and glasses.

Student Success Statement

"No student ever attains eminet success by simply doing what is required of him/her; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required taht determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."
-Charles Kendall Adams, American Historian



This Quote Is Saying Nobody Succeeds With Just Doing What Is Required. Most People Succeed Because They Over Achieve What Is Required. The Successful People Are Usually Distinguish By Thinking Out The Box And Doing Something Else. Most Successful Most Are The Ones Who Are Known For The Excellence They Have Done. For Example, Kids Who Like To Get Straight A's Dont Only Do What Is Required, They Also Think Out The Box And See In What Other Ways They Can Improve Or Over Achieve The Assignment.

Optical Laboratory Technician

Duties & Responsibilities: 

What an Optical laboratory technician does is, they grind and fit eyeglass lenses with the corresponding prescription written by the ophthalmologists or optometrists. In order for the glass lens wont have blanks, they get polish when an optical laboratory technician sets lens grinding machines. Technicians fit the the polished lens into eyeglass frames. 

Salary: $15,000 - $20,000

Educational Requirments: 

to become an optical laboratory technician you are required a high school diploma or a GED. These are needed to begin optical laboratory training.

Reflection:

I don't think i would like to become an Optical laboratory technician because i dont like anything that has to deal with glasses. 

Student Success Statement

"Doing what is right, fair and honorable is more important than winning or losing."
- Chick Moorman


This quote means to me that it doesnt matter weather you win or lose. The the most important thing to do is to always be fair in life, always be honorable and do whats right. Doing these 3 things will make you feel good because even if you didnt win anything, you know you did the right thing. For example, if you cheat and you win you will feel guilty, but if you do right and be honest , and if you win or lose you'll feel great.