About Me

My name is Mario Velasquez. I'm 15 years old and go to Linda Marquez High School. In my free time I like to play basketball, listen to music, or just chill with friends. My favorite sports are basketball and Football. My favorite sport teams are the Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Saints

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Student Success Statement
“Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but there echoes are truly endless.”
-Mother Teresa

What I think this quote is saying is that no matter how short your compliment/praise it will leave a great feeling behind. It will leave a great feeling to you and the person you complimented. You should always say something kind to everyone, because it’s the right thing to do and it might just make their day better.
Occupational Therapists

Duties and Responsibilities
Occupational therapists help patients who are mentally, emotionally, or physically disabled. They help them by helping them regain the ability to perform everyday tasks. They work in a team and observe, help, and monitor a patient’s progress. They may design special equipment to help a patient with their therapy. But most of all they teach patients how to adjust their life according to their disability.

Average Salary: $26,000-$45,000

Educational Requirements
In order to become an occupational therapists you take the most challenging high school courses in math, science, and English. You need bachelors or a master’s degree and clinical experience to become certified.

Would you like to be one?
I wouldn’t like to be an occupational therapist. It’s not the type of work that I’ll be looking for.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Student Success Statement
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
-Charles Ketterer

What I think this quote means is that no one, not even yourself predict the future. Why? Well because you can only create your future. If you work hard you can live that future where you’re living in a mansion. But if you don’t work for it you’ll be living a grim future.
Nursing Home Administrator

Duties and Responsibilities
Nursing Home Administrators plan and direct operations of nursing homes and long-term care facilities. They supervise personnel, financial, medical, and nursing administration. Many nursing home administrators woke in nursing homes, but some work for large corporations.

Average Salary: $40,000-$55,000

Educational Requirements
Students should take challenging high school courses in business, science, math, and English. Most states require nursing home administrators to have at least a bachelor’s degree in nursing home administration. They must also complete an additional internship program and pass examination.

Do you think you would like to be one?

wouldn't want to be a Nursing Home Administrator because nursing in particular does not interest me.

Monday, January 27, 2014

Student Success Statement
“Be cool in school-live every rule.”
-Mr. Haymore

What this quote is saying is that you should always follow every rule. And following every rule in school will make you cool. Not doing bad stuff. Doing bad/negative stuff wont make you cool, following the rules will. 
Summary of the School Assembly

Last Friday there was a school assembly in which the teachers performed for the students. The assembly was really funny and creative. The teachers danced and did skits for us. Some students were involved in the skits to. The skits were mainly about how students act at school and how they ignore the rules. I thought it was funny because of the way the teachers dressed up and pretended to be students.

Some ways I will follow the rules more include trying not to litter in the school and be more respectful to others.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Student Success Statement
“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
-Pablo Picasso

What I think this quote is saying is that the main key to success is action. You have to take action to do something. If you don’t do anything you won’t accomplish anything. You need to work for your goal(s). There are many keys to success but taking action is the main one. 
Pyramid Healing

Define Pyramid healing
Pyramid healing is used to accelerate the healing process of physical, mental, or emotional injuries. People would sit under a pyramid and just meditate relieving themselves of stress. The pyramid heals someone depending on the energy there giving out.

Aspects of Pyramid Healing
All pyramids used in pyramid healing are hand crafted using stainless steel for the sides and base. The pyramid is portable so you can put in and outside of your house allowing you to meditate wherever you want. The pyramid can help you fell healthier, give you more energy, help you find inner peace, fell relaxed, help you focus more, etc.

Would you like to try Pyramid Healing?

wouldn't want to try pyramid healing because to me it seems like a scam. It also looks very boring and dull. 

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Student Success Statement
“Adversity causes some men to break- others to break records”
-William A. Ward

I think this quote is saying is that adversity can be your biggest enemy or fiend. Adversity can help work harder and maybe even break records but at the same time adversity can push you to the point where you break down. Only one person can control which of the two will happen, you. You will decide on which fate will happen to you based on the amount of effort you put into your work and/or training.
Health Information Specialist

Duties and Responsibilities
Health Information Specialists obtain, post, and analyze medical, workload, finance, and insurance data. They ensure that this information is properly recorded into medical records so practitioners can plan and evaluate health care provided to patients. There are a variety of jobs within this field including record administrations, record technicians, and coding specialist. But they all basically do the same thing, which is to obtain, post, and analyze medical data.

Salary
$20,000- $25,000 (Coding Specialists)
$23,000- $30,000 (Record Technicians)
$30,000- $40,000 (Record Administrators)

Educational Requirements
If students want to be a health information specialist they should take high school courses in business, science, math, and English. Coding specialist just need a high school diploma or GED. To become certified they need to pass an examination. To be as accredited record technician you must earn a associates degree and also complete an examination to become certified.

Do you think you would like to be one?

I wouldn’t want to be an health information specialist because it seems boring and too repetitive for me.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Student Success Statement
“The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves.”
-Anonymous

What I think this quote is saying is your only competitor in life should be yourself. Don’t try to do better than some other person, try to do better than yourself. If you get a good score on a test aim to get a higher score and so on, and so on. You should only compete with yourself.
Health Science Librarian

Duties and Responsibilities
Health Science Librarians collect and organize medical information and help practitioners find the information they need for patient care, education, research, and administration. Librarians select books, journals, and other library material. They organize this information into collections and develop catalogs for access and provide reference assistance to patients.

Salary: $35,000- $55,000

Educational Requirements
In order to become a Health Science Librarian you should take the most challenging high school courses in science, math, and English.  You must however complete on the job training.  In order to become a librarian you should have an Associate’s degree.

Do you think you would like to be one?

wouldn't want to be a librarian because it seems like a very boring job. It doesn’t interest me.

Monday, January 13, 2014

My Christmas Break


didn't really do much in my Christmas break except just sleep, watch movies, and spending time with my family. During my break I would sleep in because I didn't need to wake up early for school or anything. I really liked that because I finally woke up awake and not half asleep.  During break I also just rested at home and just saw movies or TV with my brother(s). I saw a bunch of movies on Netflix. On some days I would go to the park to play basketball. That helped me not gain a lot of pounds. During Christmas and new year’s eve/new year’s day I spent it with my family. We just do what we always do every Christmas and that’s mainly eating and exchanging gifts. During New Year’s Eve I celebrated my birthday (December 31). Now I’m officially 15 and hopefully I’ll get my driving permit in a couple months. On the last week of break I would watch the NFL playoff games. I predict the Seahawks and Broncos to go to the Super bowl. This is pretty much all I did in my break. I enjoyed it because of the extra hours of sleep I got and because I didn't have to worry about school. 
Student Success Statement
“It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.”
-Seneca

What I think this quote is saying is that in order to go to the top first you must pass through the bad. This basically means that the path to greatness will have a lot of problems/roadblocks in it. So in order to go to the top you have to conquer these problems.
Clinical Laboratory Specialists

Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Laboratory Specialists perform laboratory work to identify, diagnose, and treat disease. Clinical laboratory technicians use microscopes, laboratory equipment, chemicals and computers to perform laboratory procedures. They also collect blood specimens and prepare culture media.

Average Salary: $20,000- $28,000 (Clinical laboratory)
                           $25,000- $40,000 (Clinical Technologists)

Educational Requirements
Students should take the most challenging high school courses in, science, math, and English. In order to become a clinical laboratory technician you need to have an associate’s degree and complete specialized in house training. In order to become a clinical technologist you need a bachelor’s degree. Some employers may accept an associate’s degree too.

Do you think you would like to be one?

wouldn't want to be a clinical laboratory specialist. I wouldn't want to be one because this job/career doesn’t interest me.