Cassaundra Excell
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I am a 16 year old college junior completing my BA in humanities. I spend my free time reading novels, writing and animating stories, researching genealogies, and enjoying the outdoors. I'm an active member in my community, a rural mountain town with a year-round population of 1500. As an advocate for personalized education programs, I have traveled around and out of state to give presentations. My current project is called American HERstory; I am collecting oral histories of senior citizen women of diverse demographics to gain their views of history and how the roles of women have changed.
Extracurricular
- Charcoal, pencil, line, pastel
- I love drawing things from the real world and giving them a life on paper. I like giving my drawing breath and movement. I enjoy drawing anything, but for the most part, I love drawing living things.
- Americorp Training / Open Gym
- I helped to a presentation and give training to the Americorps in tenth grade on and in personalized education and learning Styles. Open Gym is a community based even that takes place at the old school gym, before the school got closed down for lack of s
- Library
- I volunteered at my local community library in tenth grade for a year. During that time I pulled books, Shelved books, reorganized the shelves, and help set up the summer reading Program.
- Internship at the local library
- I spent a year in High school doing volunteer work as an intern at the local library for about a year. During that time I was put in charge of the kids' room, the room no on wanted because of how disorganized it got on a daily basis. I had a blast doing i
Experience
- Ambassador
- Personalized Education Group
- 2007 to 2008
- I served as a presenter advocating for personalized education and showing how and why it worked. I also helped to advise parents and students alike as to which option was the right option for them, or if the regular school system would better fit their ne
- Instructional Assistant for International Online K-12 School
- Christa McAuliffe Academy
- 2009 to
- Provide instruction, tutoring, feedback, and other guidance to online students. Courses to date include Creative Writing and Introduction to Game Design. Also created and managing an online Critical Thinking Club.
Education
- High School
Honors & Awards
Specialties & Skills
I am also interested in personalized learning and learning styles, as well as how the brain learns. I h
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
May 20, 2011
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Gender:
Female
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Birthday:
June 16
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Religious:
Pagan/Wiccan
Background
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Ethnicity:
Caucasian or White
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Heritage:
Scottish
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Citizenship:
US Citizen
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Fluent Language:
English
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Hometown:
PACKWOOD
Interests
- English Language & Literature
- Religion
- Humanities
- Social Sciences
Favorites
- Movies:
Star Wars, The Stand, The Saint, Never Ending Story, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Ghost Town, Lady Hawk, Lord of the Rings, Never Cry Wolf, Walk in the Clouds, Gandhi, Hotel Rwanda, Schindler's List
- TV Shows:
Stargate SG-1, Stargate Universe, Firefly, Young Riders, Lonesome Dove, Dexter, House
- Music:
Bon Jovi, Mozart, Disturbed, Wailing Souls, Enya, Celtic Woman, Judas Priest, Qkumba Zoo, Bruce Dickinson, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Hans Zimmer, Within Temptation, Green Day
- Websites:
www.ted.com www.youngwriterssociety.com www.gaia.com www.kiva.org www.cmacademy.org
- Quotes:
"Those who say it can not be done should not interrupt those who are doing it." "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." "Don't do anything you can't undo until you've considered everything you can't do once you've done it." "An eye for a
- Books:
Illusions by Richard Bach; The Cowboy and the Vampire by Clark Hays; Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb; Three Cups of Tea by David Oliver Relin; The Giver by Lois Lowry; Elf Quest by Wendy & Richard Pini; Loving What is by Byron Katie; On Becoming an Al
