Though I’ve included reasoning for my site title on my site info page, I think it would do some good to explain myself as a Certified Pacifist and why it applies, considering this as a creative writing and pre-education page.

I am a Certified Pacifist because I believe in a world for peace. I know it’s not going to happen in my lifetime, but I’ll be gosh-darned if I don’t try.

In trying to think about my best mode of action, teaching, particularly teaching English, came across my plate. And looking at it, considering what I could do with it, I realized that becoming a teacher would be an incredible way to create little peace activist minions right out of my own classroom.

I came up with the phrase several years ago and thought it would be a really cool name for a website, or blog, whatever… look what I have now! A blog! And a site.. perfect if you ask me. My hopes for this site are to grow it as a blog that not only I can use as a professional portfolio for potential employers, but to also use it beyond just showing what I can do. I want to be able to use the blog postings as a means by which I can show my personal growth over the course of completing undergrad and then grad school, how my philosophy for teaching changes or is built up, and things I find while procrastinating on YouTube about education in the US (and elsewhere). If this is going to be a site that shows who I am, if nothing else it will be something my readers could spend hours reading, a place to go when you want to procrastinate while also being productive, much like when I watch TED talks for fun.

The Certified Pacifist is a character ready to teach the youth of the US. I would hope it’s a certification carried by most of the educators already. If not, it should be. Adults are built in the classroom.