Answering up: A joy or pain?

by highdose 15 years ago 10 Replies latest 15 years ago jw friends

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  highdose 15 years ago

  I hated answering up! Hated it with a passion! I would spend the whole study working out my answer, getting it world perfect in my head, as i put my hand up i would be shaking, and afterwards shaking too.

  Then there would always be sister perfect elderette who would answer up without turning a hair and give a sermon of her own, usualy using the point i had just made as if i hadn't made it in the right way and therefore it was up to her to correct it.

  Strangly enough, i loved "answering up" in the classroom, never had any trouble...

  A joy or Pain? what was your experiance?

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  cantleave 15 years ago

  Answering up was one of the things that kept me from falling asleep.

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  Bangalore 15 years ago

  Many of the answers were basically parotted from the study article anyway.

  Bangalore

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  BluesBrother 15 years ago

  I always did it... I liked to and it kept my mind on what was going on . Was I nervous? no. Perhaps naively I felt that "my brothers" were not out to be critical ..

  And when I was conducting an Item I learned how much the conductor depends on answers so I tried to contribute something..Hmm , perhaps I should give myself a ...

  Today in the family I hear nothing but grumbles that the WT conductor does not want more than a basic answer and positively glares if they say anything interesting that is not in his line of reasoning. I tell them that it is WT policy to stick to the para and say it in no more than 30 seconds..

  The more intelligent answerer's often have their hands ignored

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  finallysomepride 15 years ago

  I would sooner have slept & I did zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  

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  aSphereisnotaCircle 15 years ago

  I quit answering in the 80's when they began insisting that we answer strictly from the paragraph.

  I remember one night at book study, I was called on and got about 6 words out when the conductor cut me off and asked me to only comment from the paragraph. I think that was the last time i commented. ( btw I was not a long winded answerer, I kept things short and concise)

  I refused to parrot info that was just read out load, it was just to insulting to my intelligence.

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  mrsjones5 15 years ago

  A pain. I hated it and dreaded each wt study. My mother would shoot me the evil eye when I wouldn't raise my hand and was disgusted if a study passed without my making an attempt to answer.

  So glad I'm out.

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  jookbeard 15 years ago

  I didn't mind it but our cong were dreadful answerer's truly awful always long periods without a hand in sight, it was if they were on strike, depending on my mood I would go through long spells without answering on purpose, then all of a sudden my hand became invisible!

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  peaches 15 years ago

  did not like it,,,,did not mind it......i got called on WITHOUT raising my hand,,,,if they thought i needed to answer....(elders wife) had to be an example.....i was a piss poor example...the more they pushed,,,the more i rebelled...sigh....

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  VoidEater 15 years ago

  Like a Sphere, there simply was no challenge or interest when I realized all that was expected or allowed was parrotting the paragraph. But it struck me a little earlier (in the late 60's).

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