We are going to start working on a project that will involve careers and what you want to do with yourself when you leave BHS.
Many of you already have a pretty good idea of what you want to do after high school and college. Many of you have already set a goal to attend a specific college. Some of you have no clue yet.
We are going to be doing some research into specific careers and the education/training reqired for the career. In addition, we will be looking at salaries and compensation for the careers. We will also look at the cost associated with getting the education and training for a career.
There will be an extra credit assignment associated with this project. More details to come later.
In this blog posting you are to discuss the specific career that you want to pursue. If you don't know what you want to do then you are to respond with a career that you are curious about. In other words, everyone MUST respond to this blog posting with a well thoughout response. You are not going to get a 'get out of jail free card' because you say you don't have any idea of what career you want to pursue.
So respond to the following prompts: (DO THIS BEFORE YOU DO ANY RESEARCH) - this is just your first impressions of the career.
What career do you want to pursue (if you don't know or you are not sure then you are to respond with a career that is of most interest to you).
What additional schooling and/or training will you need after high school? Be specific about the type of degree you would need after high school.
What do you expect your annual starting salary to be in this career?
Describe what you think the duties of this career would be on a typical day?
Describe what you think the working conditions of this career would be? (for instance: outside work, weekend work, shift work, working holidays, dealing with the public, dealing with danger, etc)
Do you think there will be any chance for advancement in this career? If so, what?
NO ONE is allowed to not respond because you don't know what you want to do. NO ONE is allowed to choose a professional athlete, actor, singer, etc. That's because you will need something to fall back on.
When I grow up I would like to be a psychologist, I would need a PHD so at least eight years of college for psychology and medicine. The annual salary would be 69 dollars an hour. I believe that the typical duties of this career would be to go in early, fill out paperwork, counsel people, and after they leave fill out more paperwork. Then I would put it all into my computer. I believe the working conditions of this career would be in an office or going to the house. I believe that I would be able to get a bigger practice and get paid more and help people with more complicated problems, and that would be my enhancement.
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ReplyDeleteI don’t know what I want to do when I grow up, but I want to learn more about psychologists. To become a psychologist I think you need a four year bachelor’s degree. I think being a psychologist would be more answering emails and scheduling appointments and a lot more computer work then it would be one on one talking to people. I think the starting salary for a psychologist would be at least 45K. I have no idea what advances in this sort of a career would be, but I can only imagine there would be pay raises and things like that. I would work whenever they needed me to, so if that’s weekends or holidays, so be it. I think this would be a good career for me since I enjoy talking to people and trying to help and as far as I know, that’s what this job is all about whether it be in families, other workplaces, or schools.
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ReplyDeletei would be interested in something with either the law or a teacher. depending on which one i want to do i would need a a 4 year degree. for a teacher you would make around $20 per hour and for anything in the law area i would make . for a teacher i know it wouldn't be as much as anything in the law area. for a lawyer you can make either $0 to $500 an hour. things that a teacher would do is plan what to do with your kids and for a lawyer you would have to research a lot. dealing with the public for a lawyer and for a teacher it would be mon-thursday. no, i don't think there will be any advancement in these jobs.
When I want to grow up I want to be a neuroscientist. More specifically I want to be a neurosurgeon. The brain and nerves interests me and the job itself is fascinating. The schooling I would need is at least a Ph.D, a masters and graduates degree in several different sciences with additional work during the time I am getting my degree. Annual starting salary ranges from $50.00 an hour to $150.000 an hour depending on where you’re working. On a typical day you would be diagnosing people with neurological disorders, and trying to treat patients. Some involve doing brain surgery, but that is not on a typical day. All of the work will be indoors, sometimes in a laboratory, dealing with patients and other doctors. There is definitely chance for advancement. We could have advancements in the technology, maybe even a medical breakthrough. Then advancements in the job include promotions from an assistant to the main surgeon.
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ReplyDeleteI would like to pursue a career in Illustration, Graphics Design, or maybe something in the lines of mechanics.
For Illustrator i would need at least 2-3 of college, Graphics designer i believe is 2-3 as well, and mechanist 3-4.
Illustrator annual salary all depends on who commissions me. Graphics Designer i have no clue. Mechanist all depends on what field i work in.
The line of work with illustrator is i will be able to work at home a lot, with long hours, Graphics Designer i would suppose you would work in some sort of studio with many other people.
When I grow up I want to go into Graphic design. I would need to complete 3 to 6 years of college. I am not sure what college I want to go yet. If I was a graphic designer it would be an indoor work area. I would draw out ideas and then make them on the computer with a editing software. A starting salary for a graphic designer is $25 an hour.
ReplyDeleteWhen i grow up i plan to be a auto mechanic or a welder. They make around 16-30 dollars a hour. i would have to go to college for aruond 3-4 years and then take welding prep 1 and 2.at the start of welding i could make roughly 36 thousand dollars a year and after around 2 year in the buisness i could round up to around 60 thousand.
ReplyDeleteWhen I get out of BHS I would like to become a pediatrician. After high school, you need 4 years of undergraduate courses at a college or university. After completing college, you will need to attend 4 years of Medical. Then at least 3 more years of "Residency" After completing those 3 years you are certified as a pediatrician. They make $77.60 or more per hour.
ReplyDeleteWhen I grow up, I want to become a Corporate Lawyer. This though, would take 7 years of schooling after high school. I would first have to get a business Bachelor Degree and then I would have another three years after in a law school. At first, I would make about $60,000-$70,000 and after time, I would make about $80,000-$100,000.
ReplyDeleteOn a typical day, I would read over contracts for a company. I would read through and see what was going on in the contracts, and see how it would affect the company. I would probably have to present my findings to the head of the company she he/she would know what’s going on and how this would affect the company. I might also make contracts for new employees or for between companies if we need/ sold supplies. I would mostly be in an office all day. I don’t think I would usually have to work holidays, but maybe on weekends and sometimes at home.
Yes, there are advancements in this job . You could go and work for bigger more known companies or even actors, actresses, or singers.
I'm not entirely sure what career I want when I get older, but right now I'm considering some kind of teaching job, maybe teaching junior high or high school. Even with that, I'm not completely sure what I would teach; either math of band. For the purpose of this, I will think about being a band teacher, since I am more interested in it than in math.
ReplyDeleteAfter high school, I would need to get some sort sort of degree-a bachelor's or a masters, I'm not sure which without research. I would probably have to learn other instruments; how they work, note fingerings, things like that, which I would need to know for the job. I would expect a salary somewhere in the range of $30,000 to $50,000; but I'm not sure, it may be higher.
In terms of daily work, it seems straight forward. Go in, work on songs with the students, leave. I don't think there would be much other than that. I know that some band teachers, like Mr. Koch, are in small orchestras outside of school, so I might be intersted in that, but that doesn't pertain to teaching, besides what I might learn from it. I wouldn't work any holidays, since I would get the same days off that the students get, unless the teacher in-service days are on holidays, but they wouldn't be on big holidays, like Thanksgiving or Christmas. Lastly, I don't think there could be much advancement as a band teacher. I don't know how many band teachers have become principals or superintendents. I think that more advancements could be made if I taught another subject.
I would like to pursue a career as a dentist. I would like to be this because it doesn't seem hard and they get pretty good pay. I would probably have an office in a building. I would also probably have to go to college for a longer time so I can get a degree in whatever it is that I need to. I think the pay would be like 80 thousand a year maybe less. A normal day would probably consist of me looking at peoples teeth and seeing if they have any cavities then maybe taking x rays of them. Maybe there would also be an advancement in the career to an Orthodontist.
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I want to be a news broadcaster when I grow up. I think I will need a bachelor’s degree after high school and probably 4 years of college. I think I will need to go to a college that offers a Broadcasting or Journalism program. I expect my starting salary to be about 80,000 dollars a year. On a typical day as a news broadcaster, I think I would have to first get up really early and be to the studio around 4 AM. Then, I would have to do my broadcast and then I would probably work until about 1 PM or so. I think the working conditions would be every week day, but I also think I would have to work on Holidays and weekends because the news is on every single day. I think there could be a chance for advancement in this career because there are a lot of positions at a News Station and I could always get promoted to a higher position.
When I grow up, I'd like to be a computer programmer. I think it would be fun and successful at the same time to work for any big name companies like Google, Apple, or YouTube. My plans sound a bit unrealistic at the moment, but I think I can pull it off with a lot of hard work and effort. I have a few colleges in mind - any of the Ivy League schools (especially Harvard), The University of Michigan, or MIT - but I'm not sure what type of degree would be necessary for me.
ReplyDeleteIn the past, I've done a bit of research on the matter and learned that computer science graduates tend to earn about $50,000 annually; the few lower-paying jobs getting around $30,000 a year. Of course, once you gain more experience in the field, the salary will go up in later years.
I think there will be much advancement with this job. Technology is constantly growing and I doubt it will ever stop.
When I grow up I want to be a therapist for teens with drug and alcohol abuse or a marriage and family counselor. I think I would need at least 4 to 6 years of college. The starting salary would be $88,000 a year for the first few years. I think that the duties on a regular day would be to talk to people who need help. The working conditions would be indoors. I think that there would be a type of advancement. You can open your own practice after a few years.
ReplyDeleteI would like to pursue a career in Psychology. To pursue this career I will have to attend a four year university. I would like to attend UCLA or USC to be more specific. I plan on for sure getting a bachelors degree, however I would like to challenge myself to get something higher like a doctorate. I am not sure what an annual starting salary. I imagine a typical day in this career would be listening to people, studying them, and giving advice. The conditions for this work would be mostly inside in an office, working different shift, and perhaps odd hours if a patient requires it. I am not sure what kind of advancement can be made in this career.
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ReplyDeleteI would like to pursue becoming a psychiatric nurse. This interests me because I would be dealing with people of all ages with mental illness or mental distress. After high school, I would need to get a 4-year Bachelor’s Degree in nursing and I would have to be a Registered Nurse (RN). I think my starting salary would be about $60,000-$80,000 per year. I think my duties on a typical day would be to care for our patients and make sure that they can talk to me in a safe, comfortable environment. Each day, there is a chance for me to be in danger if patients were to become angry with me, but that’s a chance I’m willing to take. I would most likely be working in a hospital, outpatient facility, mental health agency, or a long-term care center. There could be advancements in this career, such as home nurses, since the demand for these kinds of nurses is increasing.
I want to pursue a career in the psychology field. A great career would be an industrial psychologist. I would guess you need a masters degree in science and psychology to be an industrial psychologist. I know that these types of psychologists make good money because there aren’t very many of them. The salary would probably be anywhere from $90,000 to $100,000 dollars a year. The duties of this career are to study a workplace and see what you can do to make the employees more efficient. You tell the company what they can do to make more money and get the most out of the money they spend. The working conditions would change depending on what company you’re studying. It’s a safe job however. You wouldn’t have to work too many holidays and weekends because most companies are shut down on these days. I’m sure that at one point you would work the weekend or late at night, but for the most part, the job is done in reasonable hours. You could advance in the career but I’m not exactly sure what advancements you could obtain.
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ReplyDeleteThe job I would like to pursue would involve police work or being an FBI profiler
I will need four years of college and then I need to get into Quantico College. I would need a Bachelor’s degree in criminology, then a 20 week period of training in Quantico.
My annual starting should be about $51,043.
What I expect to have to do as an FBI profiler is catching criminals, going to court, filing paperwork, or finding clues.
I don’t think the work conditions would be very safe. I could end up shot, or putting my family in danger.
I could advance to five different branches Directorate of Intelligence, Counterintelligence Division, Counterterrorism Division, Criminal Investigative Division, and Cyber Division.
Dylan Stewart- January 23, 2012
ReplyDeleteA career that I would like to pursue is a movie editor. To start off, I would probably need around four years of college and earn a bachelor’s degree. The annual starting salary I would expect to be in this career would range from 40,000 to 70,000. On a typical day, I would probably be focusing on a certain scene of a movie. I would have to work with lighting, cropping, and editing sound on a regular basis. Also my hours as a movie editor will probably vary depending on the progression of the film. The conditions of a movie editor will likely be very creative with many people adding their opinions and I will also be working shifts. Yes, I definitely think there is advancement in this career such as an assistant editor in color to a head editor of a movie.
When I get out of high school I want to be either a Police Officer or a Registered Nurse. To be a polic officer in larger cities some require a 4-year degree in Criminal Justice, but in some smaller communities only a high school diploma is required. This pays anywhere from $22,000 to $26,000 and after 6 years, up to 34,000 or more. To be an RN (registered nurse), you need 2-3 years for an associates degree, then two-years for a Bachelors Degree. Finally they must pass the NCLEX-RN (National Licensing Examination. The salary of an RN is $64,690. Both of these jobs involve working with people, and Police Officer can be dangerous.
ReplyDeleteAfter school is out I would like to go into the marine corp. and then after my three years in that I would like to become a police officer.
ReplyDeleteFor the marines I won’t need any schooling but I will have to go through a selection and training in boot camp. For my police officer carrier I will need to get a bachelor degree in law enforcement. also I will need to go to a police academy
Military- An E-1 with under 4 months in service is paid $1203.90 per month. An E-1 with over 4 months service makes $1301.40. An E-2 with under 2 years in service makes $1458.90. An E-3 with under 2 years in service makes $1534.20 For police officer I think its anywhere between $20,000-$60,000.For the marines I don’t think there is such thing as a typical day its different every day. When I’m a police officer I will be working the roads.In the marines I can’t imagine the working conditions it could be anything and everything. As a police officer it would be dealing with the public and it would be outside work.
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The career that I want to pursue is a forensic accountant. The additional schooling after high school would be to get a bachelor’s degree in English, business management, and a couple in accounting like the CPA and CrPA. I’m not sure what my annual stating salary would be in this career, but I would guess around 70,000 a year. On a typical day I would assume that I would go to an office and work independently on the computer for most of the day. I think this job would require long hours and weekend work. There is always advancement in this career because you have to start out learning the ropes and once you become experienced you might receive a management position or something like that. Everything you advance on in this career depends on the degrees that you get in college.
I don’t know what I want to do when I grow up, but I want to learn more about psychologists. To become a psychologist I think you need a four year bachelor’s degree. I think being a psychologist would be one on one talking to people. I think the starting salary for a psychologist would be about 60,000. Advances in this sort of a career would be pay raises and things like that. I would work whenever they needed me to, except for holidays. I think this would be a good career for me since I enjoy talking to people and trying to help and as far as I know, that’s what this job is all about.
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