How being a JW improved my study skills

Mysterious

We all saw these barf articles about how kids did better in school because of the skills they learned as JWs so I thought I should post all the wonderful benefits I have gained.

-I have learned how to look like I'm paying attention in class without actually doing so [yay participation marks, boo not understanding what's on the test]
-I have learned to underline on autopilot with no intrinsic benefit to my study skills [my book looks like WWIII so why don't I know anything]
-I have learned that how good you are at speaking matters for oral presentations as you will get a W if you aren't very good ;p (well you did before they changed the school) [seriously took me about 4 years to click that it's about the material not how good you are at public speaking]

Anyone have any other mal-adaptive habits to add?

=P

bigmouth

I've learned how to memorize and repeat plausible sounding arguments without ever having to find out if they're based on fact.

sass_my_frass

I noticed a while ago that I have a lot of difficulty maintaining focus on something that doesn't really have my interest, because I am so good at looking like I'm paying attention at the meetings but actually being a million miles away. It gets me in trouble a bit at work when I'm supposed to be listening to somebody explain something complex but dull; I tune out so quickly, and neither of us notice.

Hortensia

I tried going to acupuncture school - had to drop out because I absolutely couldn't stand anything that resembled a meeting - I was screaming inwardly to be set free on the first day. It's like prison. In fact I can't stand meetings of any sort - any meeting I run is very very brief.

Satanus

I have an aversion to meetings, too. The last meeting i was in, was about the design/decoration of a sports shop. I ended up wandering down the hallway (thye brought me back in). Any regular type of thing that happens on tuesday or thursday evenings, i can only force myself to go a few times, then i drop out.

S

WTWizard

It has led me to detest going anywhere near the Kingdumb Hell when a boasting session is soon to begin or is letting out.

StAnn

On the plus side, I have learned that whenever I have a question about religion, I go to my university library and look things up in books from authors who subscribe to many different religious views so that I can compare and contrast their answers. There are generally some things on each topic that all of the various religions will agree upon; then I feel more secure I'm not being hoodwinked. No longer will my "research" consist of books from only one denomination and one mindset.

steve2

I've carried one valuable skills from the Watchtower into the rest of my life:

I truly cannot in good conscience drop litter if I think people are watching. Of course, should there be ample evidence that I'm not being watched, litter has been known to fly hither and thither...

Reefton Jack

It has been stated that reading the Watchtower and Awake is the equivalent of a university degree.
It certainly got me mine:
- a Bachelor of Stupidity.

Jack.
(with his tongue driven hard into his cheek!)

How being a JW improved my study skills

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