I agree 100%. I started college at age 50 and am about to finish my master's degree. But like you say it's not the same. For one thing I don't have a full life ahead of me to build a career based on my college degrees. I'd like to do a Ph.D. but at age 55 I wonder if it's worth it.
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You Can't Get It Back
by Big Dog inthe higher education thread got me thinking about the thing i loathe, despise, hate with the intensity of a thousand suns about the wbts, namely, the loss of my childhood.
i remember when engaging in blistering arguements with my parents about being able to play sports or take up an instrument or dream of being an astronaut, or whatever thing the society frowned on that i wasn't allowed to do at the end i would always get the same final reply, "when you are 18 and out of the house you can do whatever you want.
i can go back and play pop warner football, or little league baseball, or play in the school band, etc?
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Quotes story is on popular news website!!!!!!
by rebel8 insorry for starting yet another "quotes" thread, but i thought this was cool/unusual news.
i submitted it and they published it!
www.fark.com watchtower sues webmaster for $100k, claims quoting their literature causes them loss of reputation and embarrassment.
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What happens when
by carla inwhat happens when meetings have to be cancled due to power outages or something?
i'm not talking major things like katrina.
do they make up an extra meeting or do they just skip that one altogether?
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I was a dub in Olympia, Washington for many years. About once a year the authorities would recommend staying off the roads because of icy conditions. The elders would cancel the meeting and it wasn't rescheduled. It was always so refreshing to suddenly have a free evening and not have to feel guilty about it.
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For those who Believe the bible to be true............
by defd inwho is your favorite bible character and, or, account and why?
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I don't believe the bible to be true anymore, but all those bible stories and characters don't do a thing for me. After 42 years of hearing the same old stuff, over and over again, they make me want to puke. Also, they way the "society" was always trying to make "modern-day application," it always seemed so artificial and right down boring.
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Frustration is high
by Lady Lee inok here i am in my new aptartment which i love.
but now i am trapped here .
i had an electric scooter that someone gave me.
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ChrisVance
Is there a strong, young man in your apartment building that could help you up and down the driveway? I know it's not fun to be dependent on others, but it might work until you can find another wheelchair.
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When I first left the dubs I told myself that if their definition of god is correct, I don't want anything to do with him. After a few years the whole idea of god seemed ludicrous. I'm now a confirmed atheist.
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They never thought they woud die
by Dawn ini was over visiting my mom this week and i was suprised at some of her comments.
she would usually say things like "this system can't last much longer" and point to world events she was certain marked the beginning of the end.
she and my father became jw's in the 50's, were convinced armageddon was near, lived through the hoopla of the 75 fiasco.
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Dawn, The fact that she says "this wasn't supposed to be the way it was" shows she's thinking. That's something the majority of the dubs don't do. Mrs. Kessel, the woman who used to be my mother, hasn't spoken to me in 13 years, but knowing her, I imagine that such a thought hasn't even intered her head. Maybe there's hope your mother will come to realize she's been lied to. She's 70, but lots of people live well into their eighties. Maybe she can still have a life without the dubs.
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"The Very Hairs of Your Head"
by 5thGeneration inas a current active publisher i still have to be fascinated by some wt study articles.. for example last week:.
"...but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
10:29,30. wt reads:.
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But the very hairs of your scrotum are all numbered
I know guys who shave their scrotums. God ain't goin' like that.
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"The Very Hairs of Your Head"
by 5thGeneration inas a current active publisher i still have to be fascinated by some wt study articles.. for example last week:.
"...but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
10:29,30. wt reads:.
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Since this is the case, is there any detail of our life that Jehovah cannot know?...
Good example of mind control. jojoba knows everything. Even if you think a "bad thought" he'll know and you'll be sorry.
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potter and the clay
by peacefulpete ingiven the successful completion of the mapping out the chimpanzee genome(new scientist breaking news - the chimpanzee genome is unveiled), i imagine in a few years some efforts will be made to use that information to attempt to create a human/chimp hybrid.
let's fast forward a decade or two and we have succeeded in producing the first chimp hybrid with human mental abilities.
how do we treat such a being?
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don't they use comas in spanish?
Yes, they do, and the usage is similar to that of English.