Career education

Any baseball fan who hears the name Ted Williams immediately knows of a great baseball hitter who played a total of 21 years in the sport. Williams spent his entire career with the Boston Red Sox as a left fielder.

Williams was born in San Diego, California and attended the Hoover High School. His forefathers were Welsh, Irish and Mexican with the Mexican side also containing Basque, Russian and Indian. He played baseball in high school and before graduation joined a minor league baseball team, the San Diego Padres. He also played with another minor league team, the Minneapolis Millers as his mother felt he was too young for the major leagues.

In 1939 he joined the Red Sox’s and impressed everyone by immediately leading in the number of runs batted in. He was left handed and became well known because of his excellent eyesight. It is said this had a great deal to do with his ability to hit the ball so well.

In a historic game played in 1941 Williams played both games of a doubleheader, starting with a batting average of.3995. At the end of the day, he ended up with a final average of.406, making Ted Williams the last player to it.400. In 1941 he set a major-league record for on-base percentage of. 551. That record held until 2002 when Barry Bonds overcame it. 1949 found him reaching base 84 times in consecutive games.

In World War II Williams joined the V-5 program and became a Naval aviator, working with both the U. S. Navy and the U. S. Marine Corp. He served as a pilot and instructor both during World War II and the Korean War. It has been noted that he mastered all the requirements to become a pilot very quickly even though he only had a high school education. He achieved the rank of Captain.

During his career he achieved much recognition for his achievements. These included such things as American League Most Valuable Player and the Triple Crown (which he won twice, in 1942 and 1947). In 1966 Williams was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ted Williams retired from baseball in 1960 and went out in a blaze of glory with a home run at his final turn at bat. His fame did not stop there. Williams had a short career as manager of the Washington Senators and then went on to enjoy fly and deep-sea fishing. He became so famous in this field that he was named to the International Game Fish Association Hall of Fame in 2000. In 1991, President George H. W. Bush presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

By: Ryan Dowd

Enable yourself an international career and obtain your dive master education! This is the first step for you into the professional world of diving. With this basic requirement you can engage in any career involving commercial, technical or recreational diving.

The dive master education can also be obtained “from zero to hero”, which means there are no other requirements for this education than your health. So even if you don’t know how to dive yet, don’t worry!

If you have already a diver education, like open water diver, advanced open water diver, rescue diver or similar you may cheer up. This doesn’t only mean for you that the time required for your dive master course is decreasing, the price for already achieved certifications will also be deducted from the overall price.

You an choose between a range of certifying agencies to obtain your qualification level. PADI or SSI are some of the more renown ones (PADI: Professional Association of Dive Instructors; SSI: Scuba Schools International), both international recognised and provide similar educations. Prices may vary slightly between the organisations.

As a Dive Master (PADI) or Dive Controler Specialist (SSI) you are able to lead dive groups on Fun Dives, assist Instructors in courses and engage in dive shop keeping and related activities. From here on you may enroll into Instructor courses or Tec diving courses. So you can fit your education to your interests. If you are into conservation projects, underwater photography, shark diving or else.

Thailand offers itself as destination for various reasons. First: an abundance of marine life, ranging from Manta Rays and Whale Sharks over Sea Turtles to the smallest makro animals. And all this in 28 to 30 degree celsius warm water. Second: The abundance of dive tour operators to choose from. Nearly every major dive spot features a dive shop nearby and general infrastructure for diving is so developed that no shortage of any gear should occur. Third: Thailand’s good developed health system and a network of recompression chambers throughout the country. Every dive accident can be tackled and you’re never far from a hospital.

Prices for the whole package range about 1500$ to 2000$. Another way to get your education way cheaper is a dive master internship, where you take part in the daily dive shop work to refinance your course. You may also deduct some cash if you hold already some sort of diver certification that can be counted in towards your dive master / dive controler specialist course.

With the PADI Dive Master or SSI Control Specialist you hold an international recognised training that enables you to make your hobby a profession. Your chance to get paid while traveling the world and showing people the amazing underwater world.

By: Ferd Herbsen