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Alcoholism

Alcoholism is an addiction to the consumption of alcoholic liquor or the mental illness and compulsive behavior resulting from alcohol dependency. Some facts are that according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, almost 80% of high school students have tried alcohol. Alcohol is created when drains,fruits, or vegetables are fermented. When people drink alcohol, its absorbed into their bloodstream. From there it affects the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord), which controls virtually all body functions. Because experts now know that the human brain is still developing during our teens, scientists are researching the effects drinking alcohol can have on the teen brains.

Alcohol is a depressant, which means it slows the function of the central nervous system. Alcohol actually blocks some of the messages trying to get to the brain. This alters a persons perceptions, emotions, movement, vision, and hearing. People who have overused alcohol may stagger, lose their coordination, and slur their speech. When large amounts of alcohol are consumed in a short period of time, alcohol poisoning can result. Some reasons that teens use alcohol and other drugs are:

curiosity
to feel good, reduce stress, and relax
to fit in
to feel older

Raising the Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA). MLDA legislation is intended to reduce alcohol use among those under 21, to prevent traffic deaths, and avoid other negative outcomes.

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Psychologist

Duties and Responsibilities: conduct scientific studies of behavior and brain function collect information through observations, interviews, surveys, and other methods research and identify behavioral or emotional patterns test for patterns that will help them better understand and predict behavior use their knowledge to increase understanding among individuals and groups Salary: $83,580 Education: Although psychologist typically need a doctoral degree or specialist degree in psychology, a master's degree is sufficient for some positions Demand or Need for Profession: Analytical skills-psychologists must be able to examine the information they collect and draw logical conclusions from them Communication skills-must have strong communication skills because they spend much of their time listening to and speaking with patients Observational skills-must be able to watch people and understand the possible meanings of people's facial expressions, body po...

Radiologic Technologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Explaining procedures to patients and answering questions. Preparing equipment for use as needed. Preparing examination rooms for patient exams. Positioning patients for imaging exams. Monitoring patients during exams. Documenting information with computers. Reporting important information to the physician. Ensuring safety of patients during exams. Producing diagnostic images of soft tissue. Salary: $58,960 Education: Associate's degree or a bachelor's degree Demand or Need for Profession: interpersonal skills logic skills technical skills communication skills Reflection: This career does interest me because you get to perform diagnostic imaging procedures. Also because you get to do a lot of exams and diagnostics on patients. Plus it seems like a good career to have.

Forgive

Student Success Statement ''When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.'' Alan Paton What Alan Paton is saying is that forgiveness is healing. It's important to forgive. Once you forgive you feel better about yourself. You also feel more peaceful. An example is that if you and your brother had a big fight and it hurt you. You should still forgive him because no matter how long ago that fight was from he's still your brother. Plus once you forgive him you won't be angry at him anymore. Another example is if someone was once drunk driving and they crash a car. They will go to jail and then if the car was broken really badly the owners will be very angry at the person. But sooner or later if the person ask for forgiveness they should forgive them. Because if they beg for your forgiveness or not it shows that they care and they truly feel sorry. Plus you'll feel better once you forgive them.

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