“The Good Life”
Sample Student PowerPoint
Maggie’s Dream Home
-Mansion in the Bahamas
-$3.7 million
-39 acres overlooking ocean, 6 bedrooms, 4 ½ bathrooms, large swimming pool, large living room, den, dining room, kitchen,
and water fountain 250 ft. wide in front.
Maggie’s Realistic House
-Realistic home in the Bahamas
-$595,000
-2 story oceanfront home on the Atlantic Coast, just a few steps from beach cove, 3 bedrooms, 3
bathrooms, freshwater swimming pool, beautiful garden, large living room and open kitchen.
Nick’s Cabin
Log Cabin in the Kaylor Mountains
$179,000
Loft bedroom with walk-in closets, bath, and balcony. One bedroom on main
level, bath open living, dining and kitchen area with fireplace. Full unfinished
basement.
Maggie’s Car
1957 Jaguar Roadster
Red or Black Convertible
Nick’s Car
2000 Volkswagen Passat
$30,905
Maggie’s Careers
Psychologist
-$54,000/yr.
-High School diploma, Ph.D. in Psychology
-Psychologists counsel people who have problems. They gather data from tests, observations, and interviews with
patients. They may work alone, in a group practice, or for a hospital or clinic.
-Psychologists need to be very good at understanding and using words when talking or writing. They also need to be able
to make decisions, solve problems, persuade people to change their opinions, see details in graphs, charts, and tables, desire
to help people with their mental health needs, desire to be a leader and influence others, and have a willingness to perform
a variety of tasks.
-This occupation is expected to grow as fast as the average through 2008.
-Eventually open my own firm.
Maggie’s Careers (Continued)
-Photographer
-$3,000/yr. (approx. 20 hours per month)
-High School diploma, college is helpful but not required
-Photographers use cameras to take pictures. They take pictures that capture a mood or tell a story. They use specialize in
commercial, portrait, or media photography. They also may specialize in weddings or school photographs. Some sell their
photographs as artwork.
-Photographers need to be able to see details in objects, such as negatives, to match colors or tell the difference between them,
to visualize how photos will look once they are developed and printed, to coordinate movement of eyes and hands while
operating the camera, to move fingers accurately or quickly, and the ability to operate photographic equipment correctly.
-This occupation is expected to grow more slowly than the average through 2008.
Nick’s Careers
Radio Disc Jockey, Recording Engineer, Musician
-$26,540 (disc jockey), $16,640 (recording engineer), $30,020 (musician)
-Disc Jockey: 5 days a week
-Recording Engineer: weekends days
-Musician: weekend nights
-High school diploma, 2 year disc jockey school
-Disc Jockeys read news, sports, and weather reports. Disc Jockeys sometimes interview guests and report on
local events. They just make up the program. They need to have a good ability to use words, to make decisions
and solve problems, to work with numbers, to gather details from spoken and written information as well as
to proofread written articles, desire to be a leader and influence others, willingness to perform a variety of
tasks.
Nick’s Careers (Continued)
-Between 1990 and 2005, about 44 disc jockey positions will need to be filled.
-Musicians play musical instruments for the enjoyment of others. They also write their own music and play before
audiences or in the studio for recording. Bands must spend may hours practicing.
-Musicians need to have a good ability to use words well when writing a song or talking to someone, to coordinate
the movement of eyes and hands or fingers, to move fingers rapidly and accurately, to move hands easily, to see
detail in printed material such as sheet music, and ability to use creativity and imagination to express ideas with
words or music. It is estimated that 90 jobs per year for instrumental musicians and 4 jobs per year for singer.
These occupations should should grow much faster than average between 1996 and 2006.
-Recording Engineers need to know how to work a mixing board and know how to run a click track. You also have
to know how to punch in and punch out and run effects modules. Computer skills are also essential.
Maggie’s Values
-Family: Husband (caring, thoughtful, sensitive, responsible, attractive, trustworthy, faithful,
honest, dependable, great father), Child (boy), close family ties
-Friends: honest, trustworthy, loyal, caring, thoughtful, dependable
-Happiness
-Fame
-Fortune
-Beauty
-Respect
-Education
-Success: family, friends, my own company, power, possessions
Nick’s Values
-Wife: nice, caring, thoughtful, loyal, trustworthy, does not complain, happy with
life
-Fame (music)
-Enough money to make ends meet
-Trust
-Respect
-Education
-Health
-Beer
Maggie’s Hobbies and Interests
-Photography
-Traveling
-Painting
-Art
-Spending time with family
-Spending time with friends
-Listening to music
Nick’s Hobbies and Interests
-Playing music
-Being in bands
-Traveling
-Earning money by doing what I love
-Meeting new people
-Spending time with friends
Maggie’s Analysis
My career as a psychologist will not be able to support my dream of a $3.7 million dollar home.
However, it will be able to provide me with a beautiful house and a nice car. My husband will
also have a job of course and with our combined income we should be able to enjoy life without
the hassle of worrying about money all the time. The money I make from photography will
probably go into a savings account of some sort whether it be our child’s education fund or just
set back for miscellaneous reasons. We should be able to take family vacations pretty often and
be able to spend a little money here and there. We will also make a monthly budget so that we
know how much we can or cannot spend.
Nick’s Analysis
My careers should furnish enough money to get me somewhere. The
house and the car are simply dreams and probably won’t happen. If I
wish for this type of life style, my band will probably have to get
signed. I would hope that with these careers, it won’t be a struggle
to survive.
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