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Comparing Salaries

                                                                      Estimated Job Salaries
Nurse Anesthetist -

U.S - $154,390
Michigan - 170,000

Herpetologist -

U.S. - $57,430
Michigan - between $52,520 and $104,020

Marine Biologist -

U.S - $53,230
Michigan - $67,870

Physical Volcanologist (for Hawaii)-

U.S - $85,500
Michigan - $88,810

Veterinarians -

U.S - $82,040
Michigan - $34,000


These are the top 5 jobs that I would like to do. I would prefer to become a Herpetologist more than anything else, but these are the other jobs I am interested in. I noticed that the job salaries in Michigan are a lot higher than in the United States.

My Bucket List

Interview

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My mom Tina works for The Lucas County Board of Development Disabilities. She is a Habilitation Specialist and works with mentally and physically handicapped adults. She writes goals for them and works with them to help them become more independent. To get this job, my mom had to have a Bachelors in Special Education and Social Work. She graduated from The University of Toledo and Bowling Green. Getting up in the morning can sometimes be an issue for my mom because it is at the same time my brothers and I get up for school and so she has to help my brothers get ready. She has to make sure my brothers eat breakfast and get on the bus. When asked about what she thinks about her job and getting up in the morning my mom answered, "I don't love it, but I enjoy it. I like the clients I work with but not really the staff."

My dad Jeff works for a software program called Great Lakes Cam. He is a Software Technician who travels all around Michigan teaching classes and training people on how to use certain software and file programs. Sometimes my dad works from home on his laptop, and spends a lot of time on it. Other times he will be gone for a day or two because he has to go to Traverse City or Chelsea and sometimes even Lansing. A two-year associates degree specialized in Drafting and Design is needed to qualify for this job. When asked about what he thinks about his job my dad answered, "I like my job. Not so much the training but I like the staff and things I get to do." Getting up early in the morning isn't something my dad really worries about because most of the time he works from home and can sleep in.

Makayla Burgard Hr.5    

Emerging Technology Part 1

Ultra-Efficient Solar
Last winter, a record was set for solar energy by a startup called Semprius. Semprius has little glass lenses which takes up light and converts 34 percent of the light into electricity. It's said that Semprius is so efficient it could soon make electricity cheaply enough to compete with power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. The system works best when the cells receive direct sunlight under a cloudless sky, and energy production drops significantly under any other conditions. Even so, it could be suitable for large, utility-scale projects. Semprius has to begin mass-producing its panels before mass production. The company has raised about $44 million from venture capital firms and Siemens already but plans this to open a small factory in North Carolina this year that can make enough solar panels to deliver six megawatts of electricity. The hopes are to expand that to 30 megawatts by the end of 2013, but a large unknown amount of money needs to be raised.
Technology is definitely getting a lot more advanced, and one main subject that most scientist seem to concentrate on, is that of the prices of technology. Not just that but of electricity. They are finding more and more ways of getting easier electricity, which will be cheaper for everyone using it. It surprises me how much electricity these panels are creating and it's all just from light, so we don't even have to do anything. Our future will definitely be more efficient and complicated. Everything will have a use by technology and it will probably be all that people even do.
In 2009 there was technology considered to be emerging, but now we are so familiar with them and use them all the time. Some of these things include what we use on the computer. Like using software as a personal aid, ultradense memory chips, and liquid batteries that allow cities to run on solar power at night.

Reflection

Technology is important in this world for many reasons. We are able to use it as a GPS, look up information, and even communicate with other people. Over the past 5 years, technology has changed by modernizing itself and people make more things possible and do-able with them. We have a faster way of doing things. Over the next 5 years it will become less complicated and easier to use. It will have more things able to be done on it. I use technology a lot in my life, not only for home entertainment but for school too. I use the Internet a lot by looking up information, asking questions, and even typing an essay. For my entertainment, I go on my iPhone and Snapchat people, go on Facebook or Instagram, or just play some games. From Online A I learned a lot about new websites and how to use them. The one thing I will probably use the most would be the flashcards. I will use it to study for other classes to print off. This is also one of the most practical things to use because it can be used for any age it's easier, and even more fun, to study with flashcards than anything else. The one thing I know I will definitely never use again would be Audacity. I hate having to record my voice and I don't like listening to it either. My favorite thing to do was the presentation about countries because the country I had, Australia, is my favorite and I loved getting to spend my time learning more and more about the country. My least favorite was anything that had to do with recording my voice because not only was it embarrassing, but every time I had to record I happened to be sick.