Brenen Ketchum

7642 W 2940 S
Manga, UT, 84044
801-205-0000
brenenjketchum@gmail.com

July 24, 2017

Orbital ATK
Engineering Dept.
5000 S 8400 W
Magna, UT, 84044

To whom it may concern,

I am extremely interested in the open position you have available. After reading the job
description, I feel that I am an excellent fit for the job. I believe that I poses the skills and
experience necessary to be the ideal candidate.

I hold a mechatronics bachelors degree from Utah Valley University. In addition to my

schooling, I have participated in many design and construction projects. Some include, creating
a 2-kilowatt hour wind turbine, solar cars tested on the salt flats, and vex robotics competition.

I have a passion for engineering and new technology. I am eager to learn more about aerospace
design. I have also enclosed my resume. I look forward to meeting with you and discussing my
knowledge, skills, and qualifications in greater detail.

Sincerely,

Brenen Ketchum
 BRENEN KETCHUM
7642 West 2940 South, Magna UT 84044
brenenjketchum@gmail.com | 801-205-3644

OBJECTIVE Im a hardworking and dependable individual seeking employment to

pay for college

SKILLS & Proficient in Word and Excel

ABILITIES
First Aid / CPR certified

Forklift experience

EXPERIENCE HEAD GUARD WEST VALLEY FAMILY FITNESS CENTER

2016-CURRENT
Shift supervisor for 8-12 lifeguards, pump room operation, resolve
patron issues and concerns

LIFE GUARD WEST VALLEY FAMILY FITNESS CENTER

2015-2016

Used proactive measures to ensure the safety of patrons, rescue if

necessary.

LABORER HOT SPOT BACK YARD FIRE PITS

2013-CURRENT

Assisted owner with construction, transportation, and delivery of fire

pits.

EDUCATION SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SALT LAKE

Degree in Progress

CYPRUS HIGH SCHOOL, MAGNA UT

Graduated with Honors

LEADERSHIP Eagle Scout, Swim team captain

REFERENCES REFERENCE UPON REQUEST

 Part A: AUDIENCE AND OCCASION ANALYSIS:

Specific Goal: My audience will learn how to perform an effective flip turn.
Pattern of Organization: Ive chosen the chronological pattern of organization because it is a step
by step process.
Audience Analysis: There are quite a few people who dont know how to swim and those who are
moderate still would not know how to do a great flip turn. This new information isnt wasting their
time because the more you know the better.
Occasion Analysis: In a class where were asked to give an informative speech the occasion is
appropriate, and with an interest that is appropriate for all ages.

Part B: SPEECH OUTLINE:

You must cite at least one expert reference out loud as part of the support for EACH main point,
for a total of at least three authoritative references.

Speech Title: Flippin Fantastic

Introduction:
I. Hook (attention-getter): Cite an incident, tell a story, or use an example that will interest the
audience in your topic. Just last year in swim, I swam the 50 freestyle. Its a fast race and with a
single off stroke and you wont win. The part that I give credit for winning by just one hundredth of a
second is my flip turn.
II. Indicate your expertise with this topic (could be moved to your first main point).
Ive been swimming for eight years each getting faster and learning from my coaches. I dont just
say how, I personally do what I say.
III. Thesis: This sentence summarizes your teaching point (central message) for your audience.
You can beat the competition or show off to friends by knowing how to do a fantastic flip turn.
IV. Preview: List your main points here in very brief form (no more than 5 words per point).
First, take final stroke into wall
Second, start your role
Third, push off with dolphin kick

[Transition: Write here a transition from the preview to the body: .]

You will first start your flip turn by taking your final stroke

Body:
I. First major point (write as a complete sentence)
The final stroke is important in ensuring a proper setup for your turn.
[Under one of the pieces of evidence supporting this point, include a reference.]
A. gain momentum to be used later in the role
1. take multiple strokes before
2. gets you to the wall quick
3. translates into rotation
 B. Use the T on the bottom of the pool [Active.com The Big T]
1. not a panacea
2. changes with height
3. practice to find position
C. Glide into it
1. keep momentum
2. dont breathe
3. dont try just this part
4. hands to your side

[Transition: Write here a transition from point 1 to point 2. Use a complete sentence.]
Having just set yourself up with the final stroke you can begin the flip.

II. Second major point (write as a complete sentence)

A fast role is also important in an effective flip turn.
[Under one of the pieces of evidence supporting this point, include a reference.]

A. tuck in your chin [coach debate: triathletes]

1. transitions momentum to rotation
2. where head goes body goes
3. tighter you are the faster you spin
B. dolphin kick
1. gets feet over
2. spring board
3. push from the top
C. pull your hands up in front of you
1. push from the bottom
2. bicep curl
3. prepares for push off

[Transition: Write your transition from point 2 to point 3. Use a complete sentence.]
After you come all the way over, the final step is to push off

III. Third major point

A push off is the final step in a flip turn
A. be perpendicular with the wall
1. slipping
2. all force ahead
3. stay face up
B. Push off in stream line
1. launch as if jumping up high
2. hands came up from pull
3. move to stream line
C. dolphin kick [usaswimming.org]
1. maintain launch speed
2. small limits drag
3. fast compounds speed
Conclusion: Write down the words you will say as you end your speech. You may use complete sentences
here, but do not read your conclusion.
I. Summary of key points.
Setting yourself up with a good final stroke, inciting a fast tight role, and a strong push off with little
resistance, will give you and effective flip turn.
II. Review of thesis.
knowing how to do an effective flip turn will allow you to beat the competition or show off with
friends.
III. Memorable message.
Steady improvements and practice and you just might be the next Michael Phelps

Works Cited:
"Coach Debate: Do Triathletes Have To Flip-Turn?" Triathletecom. N.p., 02 Nov. 2015. Web. 05 Nov. 2015.
"Dolphin Kick." (n.d.): n. pag. Usaswimming. Web. 5 Nov. 2015.
<www.usaswimming.org/_...b055.../Dolph%20kick.pdf>.
"Learn to Master the Flip Turn." ACTIVE.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Nov. 2015.
To: Andrea Malouf

From: Brenen Ketchum

Date: June 18, 2017

Re: Memorandum

Technical Writing is the process of writing about expertise held in a specific area. Technical
Writing is also a layout for how information is presented to a specific audience. As a result of
Technical Writing, an increase in the effectiveness of communication is accomplished.

My goal while in this class is to become more professional in my writing. One of my struggles
while writing is becoming of task. More specifically, my goal is to have a greater focus while
writing and staying professional. I can accomplish this by researching the topic and becoming an
expert in the subject matter. Knowing more will keep me focused.

I am really excited for this class and hope to improve.

Brenen Ketchum

Mr. Kolloch

Writing 1010

13 January 2017

Millionaire Minds

Money is the root of all evil and nothing good can ever come from it. People must be

heartless, like scrooge from a Christmas Carol, to be rich. These are all popular beliefs about the

rich; people who live in abundance and are wasteful. However, this is not true in all cases.

Wealthy people often are sympathetic, charitable, and willing to give to those in need. Do

material things define who someone is? Does having more things make someone evil? In the real

world, money seems to break all the rules, from political corruption to the formation of

monopolies. Should people be allowed to go bankrupt? Does money have to be obtained by

stepping on others? Humans designed money to facilitate the exchange of goods through a

common medium, it has turned into a dependence for survival, a power to command effort, and

to lead humans to the desires of those who are rich.

Before currency was around, people lived in small populations. The main form of

exchange was not direct, but it was a system of debt. People gave their neighbors wheat one year

in the promise that they would give them milk when they ran out. It was never written down, just

a community watching out for each other and producing all that they could. When larger

populations began to spring up, problems did too. In a video by John Green, he explains that no

one wants to loan goods to a soldier because they are likely to die. In response, the Greeks and

Romans had coins made up for the use of their soldiers to ensure that they could purchase goods

and be taken care of. John Green continues to say that a dairy farmer, who needs shoes, cannot
go to a shoe maker and trade if the shoe maker is lactose intolerant. In all reality, however, the

farmer still needs shoes and the shoe maker cannot accept his payment. What is needed is a place

holder, where the shoe maker gets paid but not in dairy. A universally accepted currency is

necessary to fix both problems. However, not only does money fix those problems, it makes debt

quantifiable. Now trading with a stranger becomes safer and it is more difficult to be robbed or

cheated.

The accumulation of wealth has been a desire of many. The theoretical means of

acquiring money is to find or create an item or service of value that can be exchanged. One can

find value all around because people assign value to items. For example, consider a cup of

coffee. Someone who is addicted to their morning joe, and cannot function until they have a hot

brew in their hand, will pay lots of money for a coffee. While at the same time, someone who

does not drink coffee is content with a free trip to the drinking fountain. The five-dollar cup of

coffee is highly valued by one person, and determined a waste of money by the other. This

assigning of value to goods and services can help save some cash. In Dave Ramseys speech on

negotiating he says; Never show the seller that you want the product. Sellers know that if a

buyer is married to the product, then the seller has won the negotiating battle. Since the buyer

is willing to pay just about anything to get the product, the seller can raise the price. However, if

the buyer does not show their eagerness for the product, they may walk away with a better deal.

A product or service of value does not magically appear; there needs to be a producer.

So, you think that money is the root of all evil? said Francisco dAnconia. Have you ever

asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which cant exist unless there are

goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is the material shape of the principle that

men who wish to deal with one another must deal by trade and give value for value. Money is
not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from

you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider

evil? (Ayn Rand). Money can be made in many ways, but the most basic and fundamental is

production. Tai Lopez, a millionaire who has proven what he is talking about with his wallet,

says he would rather have land than gold. Golds value can only appreciate, while land can be

farmed to produce valuable crops needed for human survival. An investment in something that

cannot produce is considered a liability to many wealthy men and women.

The word greed, generally has a negative connotation. However, greed can be the drive

to inspire someone to produce or create wealth. In the definition of the American Dream by

James Truslow Adam, he says; "Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with

opportunity for each according to ability or achievement [regardless of social class or

circumstances of birth]. Very rarely do people want to become a millionaire so that they can

spend it all on helping the less fortunate. Whether it is called greed or desire, the pursuit of

wealth is mainly to gratify personal desires.

There are those who will do anything to get rich, often submitting to fraud and illegal,

unethical acts. Their desperate need for money and how they come to take it, reflects a closed

fist. A fist is a symbol of violence. They grab money and hold it in a fist; they never let it go. The

irony of it all is that clutching money keeps them poor. As Dave Ramsey put it, an open

handallows the dollars to leave, and the freedom to enter (4). As they keep their money for

selfish purposes, there is no opportunity for the money to work as honorable wealthy people have

it do. Wealthy people put their money into being a producer. Ben Affleck, a wealthy actor and

film maker, is an example of a wealthy man who used his fortune to help others. He is the co-

founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, an organization aiming to develop community-building

initiatives through fundraising and grants. Affleck had a desire to help others and it attracted the

financial resources of those who believe in what he wants to accomplish.

In the King James version of the Bible, Luke 18:25 it says, For it is easier for a camel to

go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. The

accumulation of wealth is often seen as an unrighteous desire, or the devils work. In All the

Devils Are Here by McLean and Nocera, the devils of the 2008 financial crisis are brought into

the light. To paraphrase, they mention the five characters of the story: the homeowner, the

lender, investment banks, rating agencies, and the investor. At the end, everyone is pointing

fingers at someone else. This is how some made big money while others got the short end of the

stick. The creation of the mortgage backed security allowed investors to buy bundles of

mortgages and receive the homeowners payments as interest on their investments. However,

mortgages go through a process before investors can purchase the security. First, a lender offers

a mortgage to a potential homeowner. Normally it stops there, but now lenders would sell the

mortgages to investment banks. The banks would get rating agencies to rate them and then sell

them to investors. With such a high demand for these new securities, lenders needed more

mortgages and started giving loans to people who would not have previously qualified. Lenders

would pass the risk of these sub-prime mortgages down the line. Investment banks would take

these loans, package them, and manipulate rating agencies into thinking the loans were not sub-

prime. This would further pass the risk of the loan onto the investor. The devils are the lenders

and the investment banks (Par. 22-50). America has since learned from this housing crisis. New

regulations and requirements have been implemented to minimize fraud. Just because it can be

done does not mean it should be done. It is unwise to believe that people will not purposely take
advantage of others. Buyers beware, products are not always marketed honestly. This is not the

first-time America has implemented means to protect the economy.

In the late 1800s, monopolies were climbing their way to the top of the markets. J.P.

Morgan in banking, Rockefeller in oil, Vanderbilt in transportation, and Carnegie in steel. Each

of these men dominated their markets and undoubtedly pursued risky business to get there

(Geisst 76). One such example is the railroad company. Vanderbilt made deals with Rockefeller

to transport his oil at a discount because business with Rockefeller was considered consistent

income. The hassle of having a dozen single train cars for a dozen different competitors meant

that the railroads would charge more to transport their product though it is no different than

Rockefellers. The increased cost meant that companies could no longer compete with

Rockefellers already low prices. Although this is an ingenious business tactic on the part of the

trusts, it is unethical to keep competitors out of the market.

Big problems began when the railroad companies denied competitors the ability to

transport their product at all. This means that Rockefeller, being the only producer able to sell his

product, could mark up the price to gain hefty profits. This is considered an anti-competitive

action for which the United States congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1890 to

prevent such monopolies. The act gave power to the government to review a business and break

up a trust if it kept competitors out of the markets. Under the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt

hundreds of trusts were broken up to promote free markets.

Lester C. Thurow, a professor of management of economics at the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology, describes in his book, Building Wealth, that, The old foundations of

success are gone. For all of human history the source of success has been controlling natural

resources -- land, gold, oil. Suddenly the answer is "knowledge." The king of the knowledge
economy, Bill Gates, owns no land, no gold or oil, no industrial processes. If knowledge is

where the money is at, then it is important to get a good education. In todays knowledge-based

economy, it is vital to know what to do and how to market your ideas. It is important to research

investment opportunities and constantly be learning. In an age when brawn earns little and

brains much, this part of the labor force simply has to be much better educated. (Thurow, 1).

Rich people are often perceived to have fancy clothes, expensive cars, and monstrous

houses. What is often overlooked is rich peoples money producing assets. They have businesses

that make money allowing them to have things of value. People often say a person is rich

because of the material things they own, but they have it backwards. People have material things

because they are rich. Money can define a person in so many ways. What a person does with

their money, or lack of money, proves their character and defines them. A pro athlete that makes

millions of dollars also has money to buy the luxuries of life. However, it has been proven that

By the time they have been retired for two years, 78% of former NFL players have gone

bankrupt or are under financial stress because of joblessness or divorce and within five years of

retirement, an estimated 60% of former NBA players are broke (Torre).

Often people want to be perceived as rich even though they are not. It leads to spending

of money they do not have, causing them to go into debt. Gerri L. Elder states that, According

to a new study in the United States overspending is the main cause of personal

bankruptcy Ning Zhu, a professor at the University of California, provides statistics to suggest

that purchases of homes and cars contribute significantly to bankruptcy filings (Elder). Simply

put, people need to live within their means and not buy liabilities that they cannot pay in cash.

Although a person may recover financially from filing bankruptcy, their creditor is left

unpaid. It has been labeled unethical to do whatever it takes to get paid back from someone who
has failed to fulfill their financial obligations. Loan sharks would hunt down the debtor, kill and

then loot everything that person had to get their investment back. Formally, debtors prison was

commonly used. Debtors must be held accountable for the misuse they cause with borrowed

money. The problem is not the creditors but the system itself. The idea of negative money did

not exist for most of human history. It is unethical to borrow money and be the one to not pay it

back. I know of a couple who were excessively living beyond their means. They knew they could

never pay back all they had spent and devised a plan to file bankruptcy. However, before they

filed, they opened several new credit cards and maxed them out. They were able to include it all

in the bankruptcy and walked away owing nothing for these items. This system has loop holes

that many take advantage of unethically.

Every person comes up with their own morals. In Crime and Punishment, Raskolikov

presents the theory of the extraordinary man. There are two types of people: extraordinary and

regular. The first get to transcend the law and do whatever they please. The only limit to what

they can do is eventually what they feel bad for doing. It is quite cynical, but very enlightening to

know that individuals set the ethics of making money. Everyone decides what they are willing to

do and what rules to keep. They even decide what risks to take and how they can accumulate

wealth. Money creates the possibilities to do anything.

Money is not the root of all evil, however, unethical people can unjustly use money. The

One Percent gets a bad rap about hogging vast quantities of the countrys wealth. And often,

those complaints are justified. But that doesnt mean everyone in the wealthiest tier of society is

just sitting on piles of money. Many of Americas richest people give away huge sums to

charities, scientific research and other worthy causes each year (Zeveloff). Even Scrooge from a

Christmas Carol, after some persuasion from a few ghosts realizes the importance of using his
wealth to help the less fortunate. Material things can define who someone is, but when someone

only focuses on the material things and not how to pay for them, then the consequences of

sinking into debt become inevitable. All the wealth in the world would mean nothing to the man

who killed for it. One man cannot achieve the dream of becoming rich by himself. He needs the

support from those who believe in the value of his idea, assist in creating his idea, and support

his idea by purchasing it. Money works because people agree that it works and are willing to

trade and exchange it for goods. Money does not have to be obtained by stepping on others.

Money was created to hold value while exchanging goods and services, but it has become so

much more. Money motivates and drives much of the human race to become better and further

our progress.
 Works Cited

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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, Constance Garnett, and Ernest J. Simmons. Crime and Punishment. New

York: Modern Library, 1950. Print.

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