среда, 22 апреля 2009 г.

The aim justifies the means.
I don't completely agree with this statement, as there are different aims and different ways of achivements. If you want to be rich and decide to rob a bank, for example, I don't think that this mean of achieving the desired is the best one. In this situation it is more appropriate to work as hard as it possible or win in the lotery :) Or if you want to get a promotion by downgrading your workmates it is not also the way you should behave. Unfortunately, the present economical situation makes people betray each other, steal and expose the colleagues and friends.
I can say that I am a confident person and I always invest time and effort in achieving the goal, but I also think about others, I prefer to achieve the aim without any harm to my family and friends, first of all and to myself. However, not all people do the same and I have been a victim of such things several times and I know from the first hand xperience that there's nothing pleasant in it.
Actualy, it is very pitty to realise that there are people around you who, being very kind and helpful to you, can one day betray or use you to their own benifit.
Of course, sometimes I also use people's help to get what I need but I never dissemble or betray people.

понедельник, 6 апреля 2009 г.

If you are to set up your own business, what kind of business would it be and why?

It is difficult to imagine that I will ever have such an opportunity, but no doubts, if I had a chance I would never loose it. Actually, for me it is much more difficult to imagine such a situation because I have no idea how to organise something like that and from what to start. But I would definitely find somebody from my relatives who would share their experience in setting up a business if I had enough money for such a deal.
Well, recently a clear idea has flashed my mind - I would like to be the head of the organization that offers Languages courses. At first, I would find an office, somewhere not far from the center of the city. Then, I would make a renovation of the space, trying to create positive atmosphere in the hall, furnished with soft sofas, glass tables with up-to-date magazines above, flowers and a coffee machine, and I would arrange an atmosphere favorable for work in the classrooms (there should be three of them in order to have an opportunity for three groups to study different languages simultaneously) - round tables, comfortable chairs, blackboards, computers for the Internet excess, bookshelves with dictionaries and grammar books. While doing all the repairing work I would seek for the trained, qualified and ready for work staff.
Of course, that is a very dificult path, because you should always be aware in the new teaching techniques, new authentic books, training courses for teachers and innovations in the educational system. But that is something which is really interesting for me and to what I want to devote my time.
Even though I have small teaching experience, especially in teaching adults, but I think that I would mostly devote my courses to that particular age group. I would offer them language courses for different purposes: business language, computer language, medicine, speaking skills, etc. Nevertheless, today, hopefully, far more parents want their children to know languages, which means that in my organization there should be some days for children-groups of different ages, where they would have an opportunity to play while learning.
I want to be successful and earn a lot of money not only because I want to have expensive car or a luxury house near the sea - I want to be proud of myself and get satisfaction from what I'm doing, I want my parents to be proud of me and help them in their old-ages and I need to be sure in the future of my children, including their higher education.

воскресенье, 5 апреля 2009 г.

To be or not to be: head over heels in love or rational love?

My opinion concerning this question is always changing depending on my mood. When I was head over heels in love, which was just once in my life, I didn't control my behavior, my actions, sometimes I was rude with others and it was extremely difficult to overcome this condition. I thought that this is the only way love can exist and I didn't want it ever to repeat. But now, generaly, I'm convinced that love should be rational.I think you may only create firm relationships, a family when your mind is clear from chemical reactions caused by love. It doesn't mean that the marriage is just a cold count but both people should be responsible for that decision, they should be aware that they will be able to live peacefully together, that they are ready to live through thick and thin. In case of overwhelming feeling of passion which sometimes can be confused with love, the relationships can be destroyed by troubles.