Here's my resume.

Any feedback or new ideas about what to include would be appreciated.

Thanks,

-Wayne

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Wayne M. Jepsen --- wayne.jepsen@asu.edu


+Summary of Qualifications:
Highly personable, service-oriented leader, with enthusiasm and excellent people skills. Extremely dedicated to achieving high-quality work in an organized and efficient manner. Customer service and teaching experience.

+Education:
Corona del Sol Highschool Graduated: May 2005
Top 5%
NHS

Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ Graduation: May 2009
President Scholar
Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Major
Areas of Concentration: Art History
Religious Studies
3.66 GPA

+Work Experience:
Club Leader- January 05 — March 06
Kyrene Kids Club, Chandler, AZ
* Oversee Club Activities, Manage Children, Manage School Field Trips

Instructor- Summer 06
Higley High School Marching Band, Gilbert, Arizona
* Educate youth in both visual and musical responsibilities

Barista- August 05—Present
Seattle Espresso, Tempe, AZ
* Oversee Patron Satisfaction, Manage Store Operations, Inventory, Prepare Drinks

Internship- January 09-May 09
Corona del Sol High School, Tempe, AZ
*Humanities Department

+Art-Related Volunteer:
Chaperone- Summer 2007
10-day art tour through Paris, Florence, and Rome with 40 High School Seniors

+Awards, Honors:
Top 5% HS Graduating Class
ASU School of Letters and Sciences Deans List

+Art History Classes Taken:
ARS 101-
Art: Pre-history through the Middle-Ages
ARS 102-
Art from Renaissance to the Present
ARS 300-
Intro to Art
ARS 394-
Art of Ancient Egypt
ARS 394-
Greek Art and Myth
ARS 435-
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
ARS 439-
Art of the 20th Century II

+Religious Studies Classes Taken:
REL 201-
Religion and the Modern World
REL 305-
Ritual, Symbol, and Myth
REL 350-
Hinduism
REL 351-
Buddhism
REL 365-
Islamic Civilization
REL 381-
Religion and Moral Issues
REL 394-
Special Topic: Religion and Philosophy

Week 7

My internship experience has been fantastic so far, and I could see myself doing this in the future. Since I’m working with the Humanities teacher at Corona, I feel that this curriculum is most conducive to teaching kids things that extend far beyond the classroom. We learn about art, but more so: the lives of the artists, what they were trying to convey, how they were doing it, and what the whole point of it was. We also learn about philosophy and religion, in-taking various people’s views on the world and assimilating them into our own consciousness to increase our understanding of the perceptual differences of which the human mind is capable. The mere discussion of reality is of the utmost importance, for it is all that we do, all that we are, and all we are seeking. The humanities provide a forum for such discourse. We discuss literature, again delving into the human psyche (even if its hundred or thousands of years in the past) and identifying its relevancy to our lives today. “Why do we need to learn this?” is not a common question in our classroom, for the students understand the inherit value in the scrutiny of these disciplines.

This relates directly to my career goals because I want to strive to help people to achieve a greater understanding of themselves. We often live lives concerned with what’s next, what will make us money, what will bring us fame, what will make our parents happy, etcetera. However, to live a life following one’s own path, passions, and decisions, we can truly evolve as a global community. Retirement is not the time a person should pursue their own dreams, but in their youth should seek the path of their own destiny. In this age, people must be taught such a concept, and presented its real value.

The skills I’m learning that will help me with my future career are: how to relate to people, how to get students to have faith in you, how to get them to want to listen to you, and how to twist all the necessary requirements of a standard high school curriculum into something that transcends it completely and can be applied to life. Academics are necessary, and quite valuable in themselves, but without applicability, they become dead and valueless to the student who cannot make such information worthwhile for themselves. To teach that there is a hidden value within what we learn that applies to our own journey through life is one of the most important gifts that can be given.