It has been over a month since I last published my previous post. Most of my time these past few weeks has been occupied trying to get into Berlitz. A language center I knew nothing about just a couple of months ago. Now though, do I feel proud to have been chosen to become an English instructor there.

In the following post, am I going to talk about my experience during this prospective teacher training so far.

The first time I stopped working for a while, had I thought I was at the end of my rope. Nonetheless, I got back up after realizing that the school I was working at was not the only one left. This time around though, was I prepared. Right after I stopped working at my last school, I left my resume at Berlitz and some other places. They called me the very next week. Unfortunately however, Was I doing a English teaching gig at the time. For that reason I postponed my interview at Berlitz. Be that as it may, as soon as I was done with the aforesaid gig, did I call the lady from human resources.

Right after I passed the first interview, I was assigned to take an on-line course which would take a week. As soon as I was done with it, I was sent an email telling me that I had been selected to take part in the face to face program. The aforesaid was even harder that the on-line course. Not to mention that I had to make up to three or four demo-classes. (If I put everything together that is)Notwithstanding, did I still manage to get through both stages of the selection process. After I successfully completed the training, did I have to do a lot of paperwork and wait for a third call.

Lastly, am I going to have to wait for the aforementioned call and hope for the best. Not only will I have to try to duplicate my previous performances during the training, but I will also have to improve upon them. Breaking away from my usual style will indeed give me an edge. Still and all, am I going to have to be careful how I execute that idea. Will I close this post out now before I start floundering around for words.
 

PS. I have attached a video to this post about how to become a better teacher. Not exactly what I talked about today. Though, it is somehow related.

6 Essential Job Hunting Tips!

It has been more than a month now since I posted on this blog. Be that as it may, by no means am I planning on giving up writing whatsoever. The reason behind me not being able to write a post in the past month has been mainly due to work. You see, I have been in the transition of switching jobs. Before I get into detail about that though, I wanted to say as follows: I wanted to apologize for saying that I had bowed out of Christianity. I wanted to retract that statement. What I meant to say was that I was not 100% sure about my beliefs in the resurrection. Having said that, I can now move on to the topic at hand.

 

To be blunt, job hunting has never been my strong suit. Do not get me wrong though. The aforesaid statement does not mean that I do not know how to conduct myself well at work setting. Neither does it mean that I do not posses the right qualifications. The main reason why it has always been hard for me to find a job has been owing to:  Lack of experience (At first), and not knowing how to sell myself well enough.  Albeit, throughout the years have I been able to at least hold down a couple of good jobs for a time.

 

How should I be able to counteract the effects of my past experiences though? Well, is it easier said than done. Notwithstanding, do I not gain anything by reproaching myself for my past mistakes at this point. Thus, the need for me to jolt myself into action by heeding the advice of my closest friends. Getting flustered over the lack of expeditious results  during your job hunting experience can only take you so far. Hence, the importance to put into practice all you have learned during your working experience. Not to mention, that doing things such as polishing your resume from time to time, and attending job fairs might as well give you a boost.

 

In review, I would say that it is indeed not an easy task to find a suitable job nowadays. Nevertheless, there are a lot of tools online that can be helpful. To say nothing of the importance of casting your net wide. It is indeed axiomatic to say that the more contacts you have, the better chances you will get to find the appropriate job. Last but not least, adding luster to your resume once in a while also proves to be quite handy.

 

PS. Have I been recently praying so as to get the desired results on an application I sent to a language center. I just hope that God almighty does answer my prayer and gives me a chance to prove myself this time around.

  

The Moral Argument

The Teleological Argument

The Cosmological Argument

It has been exactly a month since the last time I posted anything. I apologize for the delay. Not only had I been sick for a while with an annoying flu once again, but I also had to tie up some loose ends. First of all I wanted to say that I have recently bowed out of Christianity. Am I still a theist though. I just put two and two together after reading the bible more carefully, among other things. After finding out about some disturbing bible passages, I just realized the god I worship is not the same as the Abrahamic god.

Anyway, this time around, I am going to talk about three arguments discussed at the last retreat I attended. These three arguments are part the study of apologetics and try to disprove the disbelief in God.

First of all, let us discuss the "Cosmological argument". The best explanation for it was posited by Italian priest and philosopher Thomas Aquinas in the 11th century. In his best work called the "Summa Theologica", Aquinas, gives us five ways so as to explain the belief in God: Motion, Causes, Contingency, Quality and design. Albeit, we are going to discount the last two due to them being inconsequential to the main explanation. A simple description of the three ways in one sentence would be as follows; There are things in this worlds that are "In motion", "Caused", and, "contingent (their existence depends on something else)". In other words, there is a sentient being (God) which made something to start moving, caused it to exist, and thus created it. If there had not been a creator, there would have been an infinite regression of events. Be that as it may, the aforesaid statement does not make sense.

The teleological argument, also proposed by Aquinas suggests as follows: In order for a complex being or object to exist, there must have been something that created it in the first place. In other words "intelligent design" implies "intelligent designer". In order to elucidate this idea, let us take a look at English philosopher William Paley's analogy. A case in point would be as follows: if we were to find a watch on the ground, we would not just imagine it randomly popped into existence. By looking at the complexity of it and seeing how its parts had to be put together for it to function. We can thus conclude that it was crafted by an intelligent being (watchmaker).

Last but not least, let us take into account the Moral argument. It suggests that God is needed to provide a coherent foundation for the existence of objective moral. In other words, our human nature

prevents us from being unable to differentiate between good and evil. For instance, the following syllogism explains this point further: 1. If God does not exist, objective moral values do not exist.

2.Objective moral values do exist. 3. Consequently, God exists.  Lastly, I would say that even though the aforesaid arguments are not 100% tenable per se, logic suggests they should be trusted.