I remember the first time I was at a meeting where a written review was taken. I thought, 'You have to take tests in this religion?' I should have seen that as a red flag and run far and fast!
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When did this "written review" idea get started?
by james_woods 23 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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charlie brown jr.
LMAO!!!!!!!!!! You miss a few Months of Tuesday Night Meetings.....
So you Show Up......
AND IT'S WRITTEN REVIEW!!!
And You FLUNK!!!!!!!!!!!
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Azazel
I remember the days when the cong would be silent for 20 minutes or so. I was only young then but reflecting on it that 20 min was the best thing i ever heard from the platform.
Az
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Poztate
The Ministry School Servant marked them, there were about 20 questions as I recall with 4 marks per question, plus other smaller questions (multi-choice) and about 10 true/false questions of 1 mark each, giving a maximum score of 100 marks.
The following week the papers were returned and the average grade announced plus the number of students who got 100%.
My Dad was the school "servant" at that time. I still remember the amount of time and effort it took to "grade" every ones paper and hand it back.
I recall he used a RED PEN for incorrect answers and blue for correct. He also marked the % correct at the top of the page.
The only thing missing was a little silver or gold star to mark how good you were...You know just like in kindergarden..LOL
POZ
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Poztate
I don't recall ever having them graded. However, I once attended a congregation full of old-timers, who were in their JW prime in the 40's and 50's, who talked about graded written reviews. So maybe grading stopped in the early 60's?
That might be possible. I was about 10 years old in 1960 so it was memories from about that time.
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shamus100
Thank you....
For making me freaking sick. I actually forgot about the written review.... >:O
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cofty
I remember as a child handing out the question sheets and the bits of hardboard everybody got at our hall to lean on. The first 5 minutes was always spent with people whispering to others trying to find out who had a spare pen.
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charlie brown jr.
I'd be correcting mine......
Close Enough! Correct Charlie!
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ohiocowboy
I remember the written reviews! That is so funny that you mentioned them as I had totally forgotten about that aspect of my cult indoctrination. I was in from about 1971 to 1984, and we had them during that time. At our hall, we would grade our own papers. I always got all of the questions right-lol
I used to look forward to written review night, as it was a break from the regular dull monotony. The questions were always very easy, and I used to finish mine quickly so that I could doodle or take my Aid book out of my briefcase to read for the remainder of the time.
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WTWizard
When I was in, I had those wastefests. You were given the questions in the Kingdumb Misery--nothing to stop you from cheating by researching the answers ahead of time. You were supposed to use only the Bible to research them during the review. You had 25 minutes, and that was not really enough time unless you had most of the answers right off the bat. Then, you were supposed to grade them yourself--again, nothing to stop you from cheating on it.
And for what? Just to waste your time worrying about stupid details in washtowel doctrine. You don't actually learn anything useful, nor do you prove you know how to go to the doors and actually place rags and littera-trash (and get people into the cancer). Rather, you learn about some specific application or some picky interpretation of an obscure passage in the Bible. And, unless you are regular at attending boasting sessions and your memory is near-perfect in things like that (but you totally forget anything beyond a year or so when it changes), you are going to do poorly.
