Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Let your percieved weakness be your greatest strength

Once upon a time there was a man who had lost his left hand due to an accident. From his childhood he had a dream to learn and practice martial arts. We went to a number of teachers, but they turned him away on the pretext that he is severely disabled. Then finally a very old and an vastly experienced teacher agreed to coach him.

The teacher taught him only a single move. The man was dissapointed. One day the man's teacher called him and said "I would like you to participate in martial arts championship." The man was puzzled because in order to join the championship he needs to know a lot of attacking and defensive moves but he knew only one move. Anyway, keeping faith on his teacher he decided to join the championship.

The championship started and the man progressed to higher rounds and finally won the highest level of the championship. The man was puzzled and asked the teacher what was his strength that won him the championship. The teacher replied that he taught him (the man) a move where the opponent needs to defend himself by catching the man's left hand. But since the man has lost his left hand, the opponent couldnot defend himself and the man won the championship quite easily.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Let your percieved weakness be your greatest strength 

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Submitting documents to credential evaluation firms in USA, UK and Canada

Countries like USA, UK and Canada need a credential evaluation of your degrees/diplomas for study or work purpose in the respective countries. There are registered credential evaluation firms, in these countries, that process your documents and come up with an evaluation of your qualification for a small fee. With requests coming from all quarters, I am outlining the steps to submit your documents to credential evaluation firms.

1) Photocopy of your final degree/diploma certificate.
2) Original sealed transcripts/marksheets from DOEACC of all your examinations/semesters. [For NARIC-
    UK you need photocopies only]. Write to DOEACC for sealed transcripts/marksheets.
3) Goto the respective site, register and pay online.
4) Get the printout of the registration and payment slips.
5) Mail the documents outlined in steps 1, 2 and 4 to the address mentioned in the site.

For any clarifications please write to me at pal.tirtha@gmail.com. I would be happy to help.