Hello, my name is Laci Potter and I am a Junior at Danville high school. I am in a class called Compass, and this is a class where students are able to explore things that they are interested in. For this semester I have chosen to focus on looking into a career for after high school. For me that career is a physical therapist, I started really getting interested in this field of work after I went through physical therapy after a sports injury. I really was just drawn to the fact that there are always going to be patients that you're going to need to help and that in the job you are staying active, and learning about ways to heal the body. As an athlete I always was looking for good stretches to do to help my body and from doing this product I have learned a lot about some really good ways to help your body.
For my product 1 I was really able to focus on all of the tasks that a physical therapist goes through throughout the day. I wrote an email to a clinic in St. Johnsbury Vt, asking about what a physical therapist day looks like, what you need to go through for school to become a physical therapist, and what the different types of programs that you can go through to get ready while in high school to be prepared when entering that type of work. They got back to me and actually sent me a video that answered all of my questions. I took that information and made a google site to blog all of the information that I was able to gather. I also attend a varsity girls soccer game. When I was there I observed what the trainer was doing with the athletes, after the game I then entered all of my thoughts into my site. Another thing that I did for my product 1 was that I actually was able to go to the clinic in St. Johnsbury that I emailed and they actually took me through what a daily day looks like for them. They showed me how they develop a plan that works for each patient and then the program that they use when making a plan. They also showed me how to look at all of the previous patients' injuries or problems if they had any and then we would take that information and narrow it down to possibly the problem that they are facing right now. For me this was a very amazing experience, I really enjoyed being able to watch what a physical therapist does each day, and all of the different elements that go into working with just one patient. Product 1 made me grow my interest in physical therapy even more, but I still wanted to explore what all the different branches are in this career. So what I decided to do for my product 2 was to do a lot of research and put it all into a sideshow of all of the different branches of physical therapy. Being able to have all of this information into one slideshow allowed me to be able to look at all of the different branches at once and then decide what one that I liked more or that I found more interesting. My plan for the rest of my high school career is to take some classes that I’m going to need to enter in the work field. By doing this it will allow me to be much more prepared. This class has helped me find out what I really can see myself doing long term after highschool. And I found out that I really liked physical therapy, but I also really love sports. So what I am looking into in my product 3 is a traveling physical therapist, because that type of work is far more interesting to me then just a physical therapist. I plan to present a fully completed website that has all of the information that I have gathered throughout the semester of Compass.
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