If Judah Ben Schroeder (son of Albert Schroeder) can go to Columbia University, then they can't tell you what to do.
College problems for daughter
by Stopthem 22 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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cyberguy
Stopthem,
Welcome to JWD!
Your situation with your daughter is going to be difficult to deal with and I’m not sure what to tell you, however, here are some suggestions:
(1) Ask your daughter if she realizes that the policy about college has changed back to an earlier period. About 15 (circa) years ago they relaxed their stand on higher education and much of the literature for a period of about 10 years said it was a conscience matter! Then with the new “governing body” members came a recent return to the hardliner stand. So which is the correct position? The current hardliner stand or the previous one of a few years ago that said it was a conscience matter?
(2) Is a person “sinning” if they seek higher education? If not, then would it then be a conscience matter to attend college? ( JW’s “disfellowship” those that practice “sin!” Therefore, can a person be “disfellowshiped” or “publicly reproved” for attending college? The answer is a flat NO!)
(3) Is your daughter planning to “pioneer” after graduation from High School? Many youths really don’t want to do that either! Yet, that is what they want youths to do!Wish you the best!
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Forscher
As far as I am concerned you can print me out and give it to her:
More than thirty years ago I was in a position much like hers. I had quite a talent for foreign languages, in fact such a talent that my high school counselor and one of my language teachers went quite a bit out of their way to identify the best linguistic schools in the country and get together the resources for me to go. They were that impressed. What is more, they'd gone out of their way to find the financial resources to pay for such a world class education (I was in a single parent home which lived in poverty).
But I let the elders talk me out of going. And I've regretted that move for most of my life since. For most of my working life I've had to put up with low-paying jobs, which made it very difficult to support a family. Just to make ends meet required me to work myself to the point of breaking my health, so I am living on a form of disability benefits as I write this. As my counselors thought, such a talent became such a waste.
I would say to your daughter that she needs to look to her own needs first. The Watchtower Bible and Tract society isn't going to put food on her table or a roof over her head. Only a marketable skill will. And she won't get that from the organization, no matter how they brag about the "superiority" of the education at their ministry school. despite all of their assertions otherwise, there is plenty of time to "do more in Jehovah's service" if that is what she really wants to do. A college education in the right field will make it easier for her to support herself, even on a part time basis if she decides to enter the full time ministry. After all, the organization will not pay her a salary, and she will have to be prepared to support herself if she does pursue that path. Added to that, even if she decides to marry and have a family, more and more woman, including women in the organization, find it necessary to work since the entry of women in the job market since the sixties has effectively eroded the earning power of any potential mate (Marx actually has a reasonable explanation for that in his economic theories).
So the best thing for her to do is to go to college while she is still young and unencumbered with responsibilities and pursue a course of study which will enable her to contribute to her own support and upkeep. One good one is nursing (RN) where there is currently a shortage of nurses and the projections are that the shortage will only increase. RNs can write their own ticket, whether they full or part time. And I've found that Witnesses aren't as down on pursuing that course of study as they are on college in general.
Forscher