They were always a waste of time.
That's because they were geared to the intellect of the Elders who had no education and could not or did not bother to read the Shepherd the Flock Book. Try to compare it to the "simplified" edition of the WT. It was basically read the book, then tell you in simpler terms what you just read. DUH! I remember the first KM School I attended it was using the "new" WT index (which you were instructed to bring with you). LITERALLY it was "what if you wanted to research this subject?"............"open your index to page xxx and find the word "this subject" in the 2nd column"............"now you'll see where it refers to wt90 04/15........that means April 15h, 1990 Watchtower".................
And if you think I am kidding...............I am not!
This is why the publications are written at the 8th grade level and they still have to produce a "simplified" edition.
GEEZ!
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