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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Google is Cheating
Google is a search engine that makes researching topics so easy that it’s almost like cheating. For years I thought that research was difficult, so I would go to so many different sites just to make sure that I had everything I needed. I would print out every article or journal or website, highlight the needed areas, start writing my paper, then realize that I had way too much information.
I’ve learned that it doesn’t matter how many sources you have as long as you support your opinion. Researching is just that, supporting your ideas with people who either know more than you or by a mass of people, i.e. statistics, ect.
As far as Google goes, it is an excellent research technique as long as each site is checked for verification. I like using secondary research, as well as primary, because it can “bring a point home” so to speak. By framing a quote, in general, it shows the reader that they can trust the text because someone else says the same things the writer does.
Personally, researching helps me to form my argument to the fullest and most complete form. Good research can guide a weak paper into a strong one as well as help with formatting to get the best results for clear communication with the readers.
Overall, I don’t usually research for businesses as much as I do for academic writing, but since I have this blog, plus another, I am able to learn new techniques for quotes and for support of information.
I’ve learned that it doesn’t matter how many sources you have as long as you support your opinion. Researching is just that, supporting your ideas with people who either know more than you or by a mass of people, i.e. statistics, ect.
As far as Google goes, it is an excellent research technique as long as each site is checked for verification. I like using secondary research, as well as primary, because it can “bring a point home” so to speak. By framing a quote, in general, it shows the reader that they can trust the text because someone else says the same things the writer does.
Personally, researching helps me to form my argument to the fullest and most complete form. Good research can guide a weak paper into a strong one as well as help with formatting to get the best results for clear communication with the readers.
Overall, I don’t usually research for businesses as much as I do for academic writing, but since I have this blog, plus another, I am able to learn new techniques for quotes and for support of information.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Curriculum Vita
Caylinn Eschenbrenner
18603 Yocam Ave. Home 813-949-0979
Lutz, FL 33549 Cell 813-610-5955
Curriculum Vita
Objective: To find challenging and rewarding employment while earning my technical writing degree
Education:
2009 to present University of South Florida
Earning Bachelors degree in English Literature with a focus in Technical Writing, projected graduation date December 2010, current GPA 3.33
2008 – 2009 DeVry University
Earning 16 credits towards a Bachelors degree in business management with a focus in technical writing.
2005 – 2008 Hillsborough Community College
Earned an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts, graduated May 2008, GPA 3.33, participated in Air Force ROTC at USF as dual enrollment for two semesters, Volunteering activities: participated in Heart Walk to raise money for heart disease, cleaned the USF pre-school playground, ran in the Spartan 5-K to raise money for College Scholarships
May 2005 High School Diploma
Freedom High School, Tampa, Florida
Graduated with Honors, 4.23 GPA, National Honor Society, Tri-M Modern Music Masters Honor Society Treasurer, Jazz Band Singer, Drum Major, Marching Band Uniform Manager, Drafting program, FCS - Fellowship of Christian Students, Volunteering activities: Metropolitan Ministries, Joshua House, Blanket Drive for Strawberry Field Workers, assisted teachers at Liberty Middle School, tutored middle and high school flute players, tutored middle and high school students in music theory
Work Experience:
2008 to present: Staples Incorporation, Falmouth, Maine - New Tampa, Florida
CSL – Customer Service Lead. Run front end and in charge of customer service relations.
Cashier – till accountability with some CSL responsibilities. Rewarded employee of the month in December 2009.
2005 – 2008 Winn-Dixie Corporation, Tampa, Florida
Cashier – till accountability
GM – general merchandise assistant manager: priced, ordered, and stocked merchandise
CSL – customer service lead: responsible for money office and assist manager on duty.
2006 Signs & Specialties of Florida, Land O Lakes, Florida
Sign Production Employee: applied vinyl cutouts to aluminum and Coro signs, organized warehouse materials.
Administrative assistant: received and tracked production, placed office and warehouse supply orders, filed, answered phones.
2005 - 2006 Dixon Engineering, Inc.
Administrative Assistant: worked in Auto-Cad, answered phones, filed accounts receivable/payable and all legal paperwork, processed billing, transcribed proposals, created presentations, coordinated shipping, organized/cleaned office, organized emails, site measurements.
2005 - 2008 St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church
Nursery Coordinator: organized sign-in and sign-out system, took care of children ages birth to four, organized room set-up for safety, fun and learning, taught faith based songs and Godly play.
2004 - 2005 Taco Bell, Inc.
Cashier, food preparation, drive-through, cleaned and maintained lobby and restrooms, unloaded trucks
Additional Training and Skills:
Brain Gym 101® – Educational Kinesiology Foundation, CA 2005
Completed 24 hour brain integration training
Reality Therapy/ Choice Theory & Lead Management (RT/CT/LM) - William Glasser Institute 2004 - 2006
Completed 32 hour Basic Training
Completed 40 hour Intermediate practicum
Completed 32 hour Advanced Training
Completed 40 hour Advanced practicum
Completed 32 hour Choice Theory/Reality Therapy Certification
Proficient in Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007, Excel, and Power Point, XP operating system and Vista operating system
Goals & Interests:
To earn my Bachelor of English Litterature from University of South Florida with a concentration in Technical Writing; I enjoy swimming, running, singing, playing tennis, reading, going to movies, concerts and theatrical plays, and hanging out with my family.
References:
Tom and Sylvia Dixon, Dixon Engineering Owners 813-982-9885
Father Ed. Rich, Rector, St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church 813-988-6483
Frank Johnson, long time family friend 813-986-2108
18603 Yocam Ave. Home 813-949-0979
Lutz, FL 33549 Cell 813-610-5955
Curriculum Vita
Objective: To find challenging and rewarding employment while earning my technical writing degree
Education:
2009 to present University of South Florida
Earning Bachelors degree in English Literature with a focus in Technical Writing, projected graduation date December 2010, current GPA 3.33
2008 – 2009 DeVry University
Earning 16 credits towards a Bachelors degree in business management with a focus in technical writing.
2005 – 2008 Hillsborough Community College
Earned an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts, graduated May 2008, GPA 3.33, participated in Air Force ROTC at USF as dual enrollment for two semesters, Volunteering activities: participated in Heart Walk to raise money for heart disease, cleaned the USF pre-school playground, ran in the Spartan 5-K to raise money for College Scholarships
May 2005 High School Diploma
Freedom High School, Tampa, Florida
Graduated with Honors, 4.23 GPA, National Honor Society, Tri-M Modern Music Masters Honor Society Treasurer, Jazz Band Singer, Drum Major, Marching Band Uniform Manager, Drafting program, FCS - Fellowship of Christian Students, Volunteering activities: Metropolitan Ministries, Joshua House, Blanket Drive for Strawberry Field Workers, assisted teachers at Liberty Middle School, tutored middle and high school flute players, tutored middle and high school students in music theory
Work Experience:
2008 to present: Staples Incorporation, Falmouth, Maine - New Tampa, Florida
CSL – Customer Service Lead. Run front end and in charge of customer service relations.
Cashier – till accountability with some CSL responsibilities. Rewarded employee of the month in December 2009.
2005 – 2008 Winn-Dixie Corporation, Tampa, Florida
Cashier – till accountability
GM – general merchandise assistant manager: priced, ordered, and stocked merchandise
CSL – customer service lead: responsible for money office and assist manager on duty.
2006 Signs & Specialties of Florida, Land O Lakes, Florida
Sign Production Employee: applied vinyl cutouts to aluminum and Coro signs, organized warehouse materials.
Administrative assistant: received and tracked production, placed office and warehouse supply orders, filed, answered phones.
2005 - 2006 Dixon Engineering, Inc.
Administrative Assistant: worked in Auto-Cad, answered phones, filed accounts receivable/payable and all legal paperwork, processed billing, transcribed proposals, created presentations, coordinated shipping, organized/cleaned office, organized emails, site measurements.
2005 - 2008 St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church
Nursery Coordinator: organized sign-in and sign-out system, took care of children ages birth to four, organized room set-up for safety, fun and learning, taught faith based songs and Godly play.
2004 - 2005 Taco Bell, Inc.
Cashier, food preparation, drive-through, cleaned and maintained lobby and restrooms, unloaded trucks
Additional Training and Skills:
Brain Gym 101® – Educational Kinesiology Foundation, CA 2005
Completed 24 hour brain integration training
Reality Therapy/ Choice Theory & Lead Management (RT/CT/LM) - William Glasser Institute 2004 - 2006
Completed 32 hour Basic Training
Completed 40 hour Intermediate practicum
Completed 32 hour Advanced Training
Completed 40 hour Advanced practicum
Completed 32 hour Choice Theory/Reality Therapy Certification
Proficient in Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007, Excel, and Power Point, XP operating system and Vista operating system
Goals & Interests:
To earn my Bachelor of English Litterature from University of South Florida with a concentration in Technical Writing; I enjoy swimming, running, singing, playing tennis, reading, going to movies, concerts and theatrical plays, and hanging out with my family.
References:
Tom and Sylvia Dixon, Dixon Engineering Owners 813-982-9885
Father Ed. Rich, Rector, St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church 813-988-6483
Frank Johnson, long time family friend 813-986-2108
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
My Personal Biography
Caylinn Eschenbrenner was born in Dallas, Texas in 1987. While being homeschooled for her first two and one half years of school, she learned how to read by the age of five and was put into public school at the age of seven because of her mother’s health. That summer she moved with her parents to Austin, Texas where she went to Windermere Elementary for third and fourth grade. Pulled out of public school in fifth grade with her four younger siblings, she spent the entire year reading and developing beginner algebra skills.
Eschenbrenner was put back into public school to discover that her father was moving to another job in Portland, Maine. Her mother moved her and her siblings to Maine in the middle of her sixth grade year, uprooting her from another school, and the seven family members spent five weeks in the Residence Inn Hotel Suite. Her parents finally chose a house in Standish, Maine where she attended Bonnie Eagle Middle for her second half of sixth grade and seventh grade.
At that time, her parents were having a lot of marital problems and her mother moved out and filed for divorce. Eschenbrenner was then emotionally in charge of her four younger brothers and sisters. Her mother moved the five children to Windham, Maine at the beginning of her eighth grade year, and then got evicted six months later deciding that it would be a good idea to take a Christmas vacation to Tampa, Florida where she finished out her eighth grade year at Greco Middle.
Caylinn attended Blake Magnet High School as a freshman then transferred to her alma-matter Freedom High. Throughout this time she learned how to play the flute, sing in a chorus as well as a jazz band. Doing marching band for all four years of high school she was drum major her sophomore and junior year and uniform manager her senior year. She received a 75% Bright Futures scholarship to go to college. She earned her Associates in Liberal Arts from Hillsborough Community College, took a semester off, attended DeVry University for a short time and is finally taking classes at University of South Florida with a projected graduation date of December 2010.
Eschenbrenner was put back into public school to discover that her father was moving to another job in Portland, Maine. Her mother moved her and her siblings to Maine in the middle of her sixth grade year, uprooting her from another school, and the seven family members spent five weeks in the Residence Inn Hotel Suite. Her parents finally chose a house in Standish, Maine where she attended Bonnie Eagle Middle for her second half of sixth grade and seventh grade.
At that time, her parents were having a lot of marital problems and her mother moved out and filed for divorce. Eschenbrenner was then emotionally in charge of her four younger brothers and sisters. Her mother moved the five children to Windham, Maine at the beginning of her eighth grade year, and then got evicted six months later deciding that it would be a good idea to take a Christmas vacation to Tampa, Florida where she finished out her eighth grade year at Greco Middle.
Caylinn attended Blake Magnet High School as a freshman then transferred to her alma-matter Freedom High. Throughout this time she learned how to play the flute, sing in a chorus as well as a jazz band. Doing marching band for all four years of high school she was drum major her sophomore and junior year and uniform manager her senior year. She received a 75% Bright Futures scholarship to go to college. She earned her Associates in Liberal Arts from Hillsborough Community College, took a semester off, attended DeVry University for a short time and is finally taking classes at University of South Florida with a projected graduation date of December 2010.
My Professional Biography
Work Experience
Caylinn Eschenbrenner has experience with Microsoft Word, Works, Excel, and Power Point with some experience in AutoCad. She worked directly under a structural engineer, in an accounting department, and the executive assistant to the owner of a sign production company. She has also managed up to 10 people in customer service retail departments. In college classes, Caylinn took the lead of research and presentation projects. Caylinn is able to hold businesses meetings and encourage people to do their job with enthusiasm.
August 2004-June 2005 – Taco Bell cashier
June 2005-September 2008 – Winn Dixie cashier, stocker, office manager
June 2005-June 2006 – Dixon Engineering secretary, babysitter, housekeeper
June 2005-September 2008 – St.Catherine’s Episcopal Church nursery manager
June 2006-November 2006 – Signs and Specialties of Florida secretary
September 2008-Present – Staples customer service lead, cashier
Certifications
June 2008 – Reality Therapy/Choice Theory/Lead Management Certification – William Glasser Institute
May 2008 – Infant CPR certified
Education
Caylinn graduated with honors from Freedom High School in 2005 while participating in two honors societies. She received her Associates in Liberal Arts three years later from Hillsborough Community College. She got 16 credits from DeVry University, majoring in Business Management with a focus in Technical Writing then transferred to University of South Florida because of her 75% Bright Futures Scholarship, majoring in English with a focus in Technical Writing.
Caylinn Eschenbrenner has experience with Microsoft Word, Works, Excel, and Power Point with some experience in AutoCad. She worked directly under a structural engineer, in an accounting department, and the executive assistant to the owner of a sign production company. She has also managed up to 10 people in customer service retail departments. In college classes, Caylinn took the lead of research and presentation projects. Caylinn is able to hold businesses meetings and encourage people to do their job with enthusiasm.
August 2004-June 2005 – Taco Bell cashier
June 2005-September 2008 – Winn Dixie cashier, stocker, office manager
June 2005-June 2006 – Dixon Engineering secretary, babysitter, housekeeper
June 2005-September 2008 – St.Catherine’s Episcopal Church nursery manager
June 2006-November 2006 – Signs and Specialties of Florida secretary
September 2008-Present – Staples customer service lead, cashier
Certifications
June 2008 – Reality Therapy/Choice Theory/Lead Management Certification – William Glasser Institute
May 2008 – Infant CPR certified
Education
Caylinn graduated with honors from Freedom High School in 2005 while participating in two honors societies. She received her Associates in Liberal Arts three years later from Hillsborough Community College. She got 16 credits from DeVry University, majoring in Business Management with a focus in Technical Writing then transferred to University of South Florida because of her 75% Bright Futures Scholarship, majoring in English with a focus in Technical Writing.
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