I think athletic training and many careers like it are an emerging phenomenon. There will always be a need for healthcare workers and they get paid a lot of money. Careers that I am interested in pursuing as an adult include things in the health care field such as sports medicine, athletic training, or a doctor. These careers are all focused on general practice. I chose the first two because of my love for the sport, so if I can't play them in the future I still want to play a role in them. Another reason I choose healthcare is because I like helping people. This is a growing industry because there will always be a need for doctors, physicians, nurses, etc. I am already preparing for a career like this in high school because I am enrolled to take health science courses and also honors anatomy as a science. Furthermore, for my first two careers I practice sports which help me become familiar with sports-related injuries and how to treat some of them simply by looking at them. The additional education required for sports-related jobs (will report from an athletic training perspective) is a 4-year degree from an accredited college and you usually also need to be certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA). The athletic trainer helps athletes recover from injuries and also works to treat and prevent future ones. On professional and collegiate teams, athletic trainers work with team doctors to help players. They also help athletes heal quickly from minor things like muscle soreness after competition. Athletic trainers are employed by schools, colleges, and universities to help them with their athletic programs. As I mentioned above, they also work for professional sports teams. Athletic trainers with...... middle of paper ...... to keep the athletes playing and practicing, but sometimes this just isn't possible and the students and many times their parents get very upset about it . As you can see, mathematics is related to athletic training in many ways, and it also seems like a very interesting career that I want to pursue in the future. If I want to do this, I will have to continue to get good grades and work hard at everything I do in life if I want to make a career out of it. I have a lot of help and writing this article and doing the research also helped me learn more about this job. Works cited "Athletic Trainer". Career Information Center. Ed. Maria Bonk. 9th ed. vol. 8. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. Student resources in context.Sparks, Melissa. Personal interview. April 29. Reeves, Diane Lindsey. Career Ideas for Teens in Health Sciences. New York: Bright Futures Press. 2005