My favourite teacher?
Mrs Waddington my piano teacher.
She lived in a wonderful Elizabethan house in Kent which had those fantastic old beams and low ceilings, polished wood floors and the obligatory Grandfather clock in the hallway. It was an event just turning up to her house. She must have been in her 60's and I started learning to play when I was about 6 years of age.
She sat next to me as I played and if my hands were not in the correct position (i.e. as if one was holding a tennis ball from above) she would tap my hands, sometimes quite hard(!), with a ruler - I quickly learned.
Unfortunately my parents moved to 'help where the need was greater' and my lessons lapsed.
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Who Was Your Favorite School Teacher and Why?
by compound complex indear grown-up students,.
a lot of adults were influential in my formative years, but right now i'm thinking of how school teachers got me to where i am today.
it's one in particular to whom i owe the most.
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Shunned by an old friend
by fullofdoubtnow inin all the years i was a jw, although i had many acquaintances, i only had 3 really close friends.
two of them are no longer jws.
one is trev, who is obviously a lot more than a friend to me now, and my friend marion left the wts a few months ago, with a lot of encouragement from me.. my other friend is still very much a jw, and when i was announced as no longer a jw last year, she phoned me to tell me how very upset and disappointed she was.
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Hi Linda - that must have really hurt you.
The shunning thing is mad - my mum, dad and brother haven't spoken to me for four years, but they think that if this shunning thing hurts me then I will see the error of my ways and come running back into Gods loving organisation.
Trouble is, the shunning made me really look into the org from a different, unbiased viewpoint and what I saw was a deceitful, lying organisation that I will never want a part of again. I feel sorry for those doing the shunning - if only they could see how mucht their eyes could be opened and how free they could be. . . . .
Kind regards
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Ian
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November 11: Remembrance Day / Veteran's Day
by Scully inpittance of time by terry kelly (music video on youtube.com ).
they fought and some died for their homeland.. they fought and some died, now it's our land.. look at his little child; there's no fear in her eyes.. could he not show respect for other dads who have died?.
take two minutes, would you mind?.
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That was so moving to read Scully.
As a Witness I could neve understand why we were not allowed to wear poppies. My mum told me that it would be supporting the war effort. I thought that most of those that went to war, especially the first and second world wars would not have had any chance to make their mind up and choose 'Gods' side, so why can't we help them and their families to support them?
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Thinking of Visiting Bethel H.Q.
by quixote ini am planning a trip to nyc mid november and the thought has crossed my mind to visit bethel.
i haven't been there ifn aprox 7 years and i am curious to see if anything has changed.
specially with the layoffs and down sizing.. so, do i tell them i'm da ?
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I agree with Bacca - I visited New York for the first time in February and yes it is the greatest city in the world. We went past Bethel on a open top bus tour but that was it.
We also took in a trip to the theatre - we saw The Producers, vv funny.
Don't waste your time trooping round Bethel. Mind you we did have a tour of the United Nations building and it was interesting thinking that those naughty boys from Bethel had secretly been snooping around for years without telling any of us! -
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BBC Programme "Our Descision"
by south african beef inwho saw the program and what did you think?
i was surprised at the lack of debate or in depth look at the religous side of things.
also, the mother seemed very well off and where were all her 'brothers and sisters' at the hospital?
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Who saw the program and what did you think?
I was surprised at the lack of debate or in depth look at the religous side of things.
Also, the mother seemed very well off and where were all her 'brothers and sisters' at the hospital?
The surgeon seemed very level headed, he would try his best for the Witnesses but he made it clear that he was not in agreement with their beliefs.
It was also strange that the girl had been filmed for a number of years - it would be interesting to find out all the ins and outs behind this programme.
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TV programme about witnesses on tonight (Scottish BBC1)
by Slinky inone life.
bbc1 scotland .
11:40 pm wednesday nov 8th .
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Further to Slinkys post, in England it's on at 10.40 not 11.40 - well the scots are always behind aren't they?!
If you waited up 'til 11.40 to watch it you will have missed it.
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GENESIS REFORM FOR TOUR
by tijkmo inof europe and usa... but no gabriel...no hackett...no new material...no suppers ready...and no scotland.
cant wait tho.
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Yes should be very good - I'm not worried about the no scotland bit though!!!!
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UK BBC JW NO BLOOD "Our Big Decision"
by DannyHaszard inone life: our big decision is on bbc one on wednesday 8 november at 22:40 gmt .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs/hi/feedback/default.stm bbc contacts page meeting life's challenges head on.
bbc news, uk - 1 hour ago.
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Just a reminder for as many as possible to watch this programme tonight if you can.
When they were being interviewed on the Heaven and Earth show last sunday, the daughter did say that she is not a JW anymore but she still believes what they say.I presume she has not got baptised and so this was a neat way out of a difficult question regarding would she refuse a blood transfusion even if it meant her death. -
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Newbie saying hello
by Zed inwow finally...........
a place i can come to to release the anger, fustration and hatred i feel to an organisation so clearly led by and ruled by man!!!
just saying a big hello to everyone out there.
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OK Zed, thanks for the info on how you got to Kent - so I wont have known you then, but we are all interested in hearing your story as and when you wish to tell it.
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Newbie saying hello
by Zed inwow finally...........
a place i can come to to release the anger, fustration and hatred i feel to an organisation so clearly led by and ruled by man!!!
just saying a big hello to everyone out there.
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Welcome Zed.
Yes this is the place to vent your frustrations out!
You will find lots of like minded people here. I've been out for 4 years but only started posting here about a year ago - wish I'd found it sooner!
I notice that you may be from Kent. I went to a couple of congregations in Kent when I was growing up. If you want to PM me for any information feel free.
SAB