having had my 1-2-1 with my boss yesterday on my performance in managing an acute surgical ward, she informs me that she expects me to commence a course in critical care at degree level commencing september.
the reason being our surgical ward is being converted into a high dependancy unit (like an itu) and she wants me to manage it and gain the necessary skills.
i already have a diploma in higher ed.
ScoobySnax,
Offering you some encouragement here. It took me 10 yrs to start from scratch and now have a MS degree. It was hard physically and financially, but it can be done! It was worth all of the hard work, too. I value all of my education. (Of course, nothing can compare to the college-level education I got from simply reading the Awakes <gag>.)
If you can survive escaping a cult, you can do anything. OK, well, almost anything. Good luck :)
just got off the phone with the judicial committee, the same one that i blew off last sunday.
i wasn't even sure they'd call, but come to think of it, i think that's just what they're supposed to do if i don't show up.
they called as a conference call (none of them has been willing to talk to me on the phone alone!
OP,
Seriously, you are getting DFd for Christmas decorations? That's it? Have these people nothing better to do?
Well congrats on your DF. Rejection by freaks means you're not as much of a freak as they are. Are you having a DF party? I think you should celebrate it.
i bet this is all old hat to you regulars on the board, but occassionally when i look for something, i find more than i expect.
was mulling over the 1914 thing (607 etc) and discovered :-.
i thought this was a hoax, then clicked on the link to ''thy kingdom come'' - so now what to believe?
That does sound very interesting. I couldn't get the link to work--are you able to post a quote?
we've all heard the jw claim that a lifetime spent reading the awake!
magazine is equivalent to a college education.
is this really true?
Yeah, that was one of the things I always thought was a big, fat lie. My stupid elder cousin (who had a BA degree) used to say he learned more in the theocratic ministry school in one year than he had in all his years at college. At the time, I was suspicious of that and all similar claims by the JWs; I thought they were making the claim to discourage college and to make themselves feel important by claiming they had a college-level education.
After going to college, boy did I prove them wrong. You are so right about learning an immense amount of info in 1 10-wk course. Don't forget, a college course is a lot more objective than anything the JWs produce, which just makes college that much more valuable. I recommend all ex-JW take Philosophy 101 if they can. It teaches you how to think--something I definitely didn't learn from the JWs.
"Awake=college education" is truly one of the dumbest claims they have ever made.
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must dash,got a seat booked at the minibus cafe!.
my driver will be coming for me any moment now!.
Yes, definitely. The in-crowd would find out the info and then quickly spread it around to everyone else. Whoever gets to find out the gossip first gains increased social status. I think catching up on gossip is one of the main motivating factors behind going "out in service" and to meetings.
What I found disturbing went way behind an active gossip mill. It was the total lack of interpersonal boundaries. Sista X would tell her good friend, Sista Y all about her sex problems with her husband. Sista Y would then spread it all around the entire KH, and Sista X wouldn't be bothered in the least. Nothing was personal with them.
When I left the JWs, I still had a big problem with gossip. I behaved that way because that's the way I was taught to behave. I gradually realized it was offensive to others. It took me a long time to realize that people do have private lives, and being a gossip and butting into people's private affairs is rude and obnoxious.
Now I think I'm on the other extreme--I am a very private person, and I go to great lengths to respect others' rights to privacy.
can you tell me whether the taking of blood is a conscience matter or a disfellowshipping matter?.
i ask this because i have just come away from a heated discussion with my parents and they insist that taking blood or blood products has always been a matter of conscience and no one has ever been disfellowshipped for taking blood.
they say that a question was raised at the service meeting over the new blood card/documents whether taking blood fractions was breaking gods law and the presiding overseer j.h said that taking blood has always been a conscience matter and never was anyone disfellowshipped for it.. is this true?
Thanks, BluesBrother and TD, for the info.
I am still not convinced the JWs really endorse use of Factor VIII. Serums used for vaccinations use only a minute amount of blood to produce a medication. The resulting medication is not a blood product. I guess you could liken it to eating a bread made from yeast--the bread couldn't have been made w/o yeast, but most of its volume is other ingredients. Eating straight yeast is a different thing.
Factor VIII is transfused in units, just like whole blood. The only difference between Factor VIII and whole blood is this. Clotting factor--which is a blood cell--is removed from about 3000 units of whole blood to produce one unit of Factor VIII. The entire product is made 100% from human blood, not a minute part of it, as in serums/vaccinations. Factor VIII, for a significant bleed, is given in doses of several units--again more evidence that accepting such treatment is far from taking a "small amount" of blood.
The JW quote:
"What, however, about accepting serum injections to fight against disease, such as are employed for ...hemophilia ...?"
The only serum injection I could find used to treat a bleeding disorder is Factor VIIa http://www.hemophilia.org/research/masac/masac134.htm. The National Hemophilia Organization (US) says: "Recombinant factor VIIa is produced by baby hamster kidney cells. No human albumin is used in its production or formulation; bovine serum albumin is used in its production." This, again, is an example of a product made from a small amount of blood, just like serums and vaccinations, but is not a blood transfusion. This product is very different than Factor VIII.
"Some Christians believe that accepting a small amount of a blood derivative for such a purpose would not be a manifestation of disrespect for God?s law; their conscience would permit such...Others, though, feel conscientiously obliged to refuse serums because these contain blood, though only a tiny amount."
Factor VIII is far from being a "tiny amount" of human blood.
http://www.wral.com/news/4126577/detail.html
looks like someone was inspired by the wts......... .
company fires all employees who smoke.
If Michigan is an employment at will state, and the employees didn't have any type of employment contract, then it's not illegal to fire them. In that situation, employees can be fired at any time, for any reason, as long as it's not due to membership in a protected class (race, gender, etc.) or in retaliation for contacting regulatory agencies. Not illegal, sorry. We employees don't have as many rights as you'd think.
can you tell me whether the taking of blood is a conscience matter or a disfellowshipping matter?.
i ask this because i have just come away from a heated discussion with my parents and they insist that taking blood or blood products has always been a matter of conscience and no one has ever been disfellowshipped for taking blood.
they say that a question was raised at the service meeting over the new blood card/documents whether taking blood fractions was breaking gods law and the presiding overseer j.h said that taking blood has always been a conscience matter and never was anyone disfellowshipped for it.. is this true?
TD,
That is interesting! I definitely was told, to this day, that Factor VIII is prohibited. I do remember being told that at the meetings and assemblies. Because of all the medical neglect I went through due to being told not to accept Factor VIII, I am beyond shocked that it wasn't against the rules in the first place. I have no words. I almost died for nothing?!
I would love to quote the WT article you listed to my mom. Do you have it on disc or something, so you could post a quote? I'd love it if you could.
Of course, it's so bizarre that whole blood would be forbidden, while blood cells from 1000s of donors (as in Factor VIII) would be allowed. That makes no sense. Big surprise.
i created some t-shirts and other stuff for myself to celebrate being an ex-jw, and thought i would share them.
they can be found here: https://www.cafepress.com/escapewts.
it's a color logo depicting rapunzel (from the fairy tale) escaping from her tower, with the caption "escaped from the 'tower".
Ignore that last post. I wonder why edits and quotes aren't allowed in this forum.
"Your marketing audience is limited, however, to x jws."
Yeah, I know. I'm not trying to make money off this. Just thought it would spread a few smiles.
i created some t-shirts and other stuff for myself to celebrate being an ex-jw, and thought i would share them.
they can be found here: https://www.cafepress.com/escapewts.
it's a color logo depicting rapunzel (from the fairy tale) escaping from her tower, with the caption "escaped from the 'tower".
"Your marketing audience is limited, however, to x jws
