The Thoughts Behind
Many people assume that I must have started learning English at young age, and probably got sent to some private privileged organization, but not really, the truth is, I was just like every kid in an average family, I went to public school, and English came to my life when I was 12, when school started teaching English. English was a school subject to me, just like any other subject, it was not special in the beginning. However, I am proud to say, I have never stopped learning English since 12, since the day I started learning it.
So what changed? Music was my first love, not English. I started singing when I was 4, or 5, way before I learned about there are other languages in this world. I could only sing songs written in my mother tongue: Mandarin and Taiwanese. Things changed when I was 12. One day, my father rented a DVD as our weekend recreation, and the story was Aladdin. After watching it, I looked up the lyrics of A Whole New World, and memorized all the English words‘ pronunciation. Crazy, right? I mean, it’s a lot, and the vocabulary was not so basic, for a kid barely started learning ABC.
Afterwards, it was EVITA (I think more people know it as Don’t Cry for Me Argentina), a musical led by Madonna shown in our music class, and then there was more rock and roll music introduced in my high school’s English class, and besides, I accidentally came across a music tape of Michael Jackson’s hits in my house (that was such a mystery, considering I am probably the only person who is familiar with MJ and like MJ in my family), it just sat there, and I listened, and I loved it! And again, I memorized tons of English words in order to sing those songs. The list goes on, English allows me to approach more music, and music helped me learn English more than willingly, and this extra effort distinguished me from those who were simply succeeding English as a school subject. I learned English as a language, not a subject anymore. I learned it because I wanted to use it.
English changed my music life, and gradually, changed my entire life. It became my second love. I started to appreciate this language, as itself, without purposes. As my intention turned to pure fondness of this language, I use it as much as possible in my daily life.
With English, I get to read and understand international best sellers as how the author expressed, in English. I watch international channels, which means I gain information first-hand without risking the possibility of the meaning twisted after edited translation. Whenever I have a question, I google in English, and I get solutions from the whole world, and most preciously, I am not afraid to travel by myself, and I even work in English and make international business travels, and get to enjoy the interaction with people from different cultures. My entire life was changed. With English, so many doors were opened, so many possibilities have been revealed. I live and feel the world as how big it really is. Inputs decide outputs, with so much more information and knowledge, naturally, I make different decisions and actions.
So English and more, English makes me more, and it can do the same magic with you, if you allow it to.
I am from Taiwan, born and raised. Our government guarantees 9 years of free education for every child in Taiwan, and in this system, we get to receive a comprehensive education including the primary academic subjects, such as languages, math, geography, history, biology, physics, chemistry, and etc.; as well as the artistic subjects, such as sports, music, painting, crafting, cooking, and etc.
It was fun, for me, a lot of fun. School was literally a playground for me to access all categories of knowledge and mix them up. I was nourished from being forced to switch perspectives in order to process the charm in different subjects, and it became a habit. I started to see various sides of everything, and I can make logical connection for two things despite that they may be seen as irrelevant in different categories of knowledge. I also see that there is a general framework that fits in every system in this world. Maybe I sound too philosophical, allow me to provide some examples: what I’ve figured out in playing sports, can be the fuel, say, if I want to solve a sales problem, and vice versa; what I’ve learned in a financial balance sheet, can be used to examine the values of relationships in my life; what I’ve learned in biology, can be the answer in human resources; and the insight from psychology, can be used in…umm, everything, psychology is way too powerful. I can go on, but I think you’ve got the idea. Every finding is refreshing, exciting, and inspiring.
I am a knowledge-holic, and I am proud. I enjoy acquiring knowledge, and putting them into use, and understand more after my every little experiment, whether the production from “more” is still pure academic, or skill-wise, or an epiphanic realization about life. I take it all.
This is still how I function everyday, so it actually bothers me when we are somehow inhabited from learning EVERYTHING after we get out of the education system and entering adulthood. The society works like a big machine, and everyone is supposed to choose one thing, and learn to do only this one thing. Curiosity and adventurous spirit are not celebrated in the society, and even our parents, and teachers, those who used to encourage us to work our versatile capability to earn outstanding grades, raise their eyebrows or even condemn our desire for wanting to explore knowledge from different areas aside from what we do for a living. We have to settle, and identify ourselves with just one thing. I have trouble understanding why we were raised one way and expected to be another 10 years later, seriously.
I believe that no experience is in vain, and no knowledge is useless. It’s just a matter of time when we need it. If we haven’t encountered that opportunity, maybe we have our immaturity to blame.
So, More, also stands for multiple subjects of learning, which is what I believe, for anyone, to grow as a complete human being will need. It’s essential for a human being to thrive their life. In addition, it is also the most efficient way to learning in depth. To break through before level up, it always takes a different perspective, which means, acquiring knowledge in an extensive scope regardless of boundaries of categories, is actually the key to dig deep into one specific category of knowledge. This comes from my personal experience.
And obviously, I am great with taking tests, exams, interviews and stuffs, since I enjoy learning so much in my entire life. This is why I chose an Interview Couse as a start, and of course, I also have more than enough professional background to master the work. I am also anticipating the possibility of bringing people with alike mind together, that shall be fun. But for now, let’s focus on getting you a great job. I will see you in class.
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