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  Homeschooling?

  by mkr32208 in

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  this is a pet peeve of mine!

  how in the heck can the school board justify turning the education of anyone over to some jacka$$ that dropped out of school to pioneer and makes their living cleaning toilets!

  how can any parent that truely loves their kid not take a good long look at themselves and say "i am not the best teacher for this child.

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  Wild_Thing

  My sister and I were homeschooled. We both had totally different outcomes.

  My sister didn't finish. She married some good witness boy when she was 17 and eventually got her GED.

  My outcome is the other extreme. I finished as fast as I could. I graduated with a high school diploma from a reputable "home school" course when I was 16. I immediately started going to college, with the intent of getting some kind of vocational training to get a job. (It was '93 ... when the society officially gave the okay to pursue higher education.) Instead, I just kept going and going and now I have my masters degree and am working on a specialist degree.

  I don't think it is fair to say that homeschooling is necessarily a failure or success. My sister and I were raised in the same house and homeschooled in the same manner, with two completely different outcomes. My sister and I were not really taught by my mother (or anyone else). It was up to us to study and do the work, etc. Luckily, we were pretty self-disciplined and motivated. I happened to be a little more motivated than my sister. In a homeschooling situation like that, an unmotivated, undisciplined, or learning disabled kid is doomed from the beginning.

  By the way, I am not a fan of home schooling now. I do not think it is a good idea because of the anti-social factor. It *is* very isolating, unless the parents make a determined effort to involve the kids in other things. There are many days that I wish I had not been homeschooled for that reason, but on the other hand I am not sure I would have started going to college if I had graduated in the traditional sense.

  Karen (a.k.a. Wild_Thing)
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  Eddie Izzard is a God!

  by Wild_Thing in

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  i can't be the only eddie izzard fan out there!

  some of his bits: .

  "here we go: don't do bad things, only do good things.

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  I love his James Mason impersonation... and his history lessons are a hoot!

  He is unique in that he seems to be very intelligent, and yet still very funny!

  I also like his impersonation of Sean Connery as Noah.
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  Eddie Izzard is a God!

  by Wild_Thing in

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  i can't be the only eddie izzard fan out there!

  some of his bits: .

  "here we go: don't do bad things, only do good things.

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  Wild_Thing

  have to be a local one ...
  

  Haven't heard from him before....

  No ... not at all!! Run ... don't walk ... to your local video store and check out Dress to Kill. He is freakin' hilarious!

  Edited to add ... he is a British comedian, but very popular in the U.S. He may be more popular here in the U.S. than in Britain ... would be interested to know.
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  Eddie Izzard is a God!

  by Wild_Thing in

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  i can't be the only eddie izzard fan out there!

  some of his bits: .

  "here we go: don't do bad things, only do good things.

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  Wild_Thing

  I happen to be a rabid Eddie Izzard fan, but I only have one DVD of his - a stand up special where he talks about conquering places by the use of flags. I must have played it 100 times and still laugh my ass off each time. Thanks to the friend who introduced me to this guy (?). Where can I find more?

  Yes ... that was Dressed to Kill. Here is a transcript, though it is not as funny as seeing him perform it ...http://www.auntiemomo.com/cakeordeath/d2ktranscription.html#history

  He has several other DVDs (5 or 6). They have them all at amazon pretty cheap. I am going to check eBay too, though.
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  Eddie Izzard is a God!

  by Wild_Thing in

  1. jw
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  i can't be the only eddie izzard fan out there!

  some of his bits: .

  "here we go: don't do bad things, only do good things.

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  Wild_Thing

  I can't be the only Eddie Izzard fan out there! How 'bout it?

  Some of his bits:

  "Here we go: Don't do bad things, only do good things. Always treat your neighbour like someone who lives near to you. Never put a sock in a toaster. Never put jam on a magnet. Never throw your granny in a bag. Never suck all the juice out of a bag. Never lean over on a Tuesday. *puff* Lots of other things...but I have to go get a Mars Bar....Love...Paul...Brackets: Saint."

  "I will send a flood and kill everything! Start again. I think it was the etch-a-sketch end of the world! ... I will kill everything except the floating ones and the swimming ones who will get out due to a loophole."

  "So, um, the New Testament. That was the short beard testament, I think"

  "It's sort of human, isn't it? Being complete bastards. "

  "I don't believe that religions are religions. No! I believe they're philosophies with some good ideas and some f****** weird ones."

  "Three major religions, one holy city. Couldn't they have just spread it out a bit? "You have Aqaba, we'll have Moscow, you can have Dover." "

  "Anyway, Jesus, this historical figure, he's in Christianity. Christianity is his best film. That's where he was The Son of God. Starring Jesus as the Son of God. Where he said that famous line, "Take your hands off her, you b****." Or was that Aliens? Cos they're very similar, the Christian faith and Aliens. "
  
  
  "Created the world in six days. Seventh day, rested. Eighth day actually, rested as well. Ninth day, rested. Cos I'd just f****** made a world, ya know? Tenth day, rested. Actually, I rested from then on. 14th day, I decided to smoke all the maijuana I had created...Just to test the first batch. On the 15th day, I decided to smoke all the opium I had created...Just to test the first batch. And on the 309th day, I woke up again and then I decided to create 500 huge monsters I'd seen just the night before."

  ""Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth." *dinosaur roar* "Alright, we'll cross that one out. Cos THEY won't mind."
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  Hats Off in the House !!!

  by prophecor in

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  call me crazy or what, but theres a recurring issue that i have regarding my son's wish to wear his hat in the house.

  i've never been certain regarding the reason men were to remove their hats when petitioning the almighty, the issue of headship and being respectful of it and the common custom in the west for a man to remove the hat upon entering one's home or church.

  even in the military during basic training, the issue with regard to hats was a predominating theme, to the degree that we were taught that at the instant your head was no longer covered by a building of some sort, your hat was to be immediately placed upon your head, but once open sky no longer covered your head and you walked into a building of any type, that hat was to be removed !!

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  Wild_Thing

  *disagrees with hillbilly*

  Baby, take off your coat...(real slow)
  Baby, take off your shoes...(here, I?ll take your shoes)
  Baby, take off your dress
  Yes, yes, yes
  You can leave your hat on
  You can leave your hat on
  You can leave your hat on
  
  Go on over there and turn on the light...no, all the lights
  Now come back here and stand on this chair...that?s right
  Raise your arms up in to the air...shake ?em
  You give me a reason to live
  You give me a reason to live
  You give me a reason to live
  
  Suspicious minds are talking
  Trying to tear us apart
  They say that my love is wrong
  They don?t know what love is
  They don?t know what love is
  They don?t know what love is
  They don?t know what love is
  I know what love is

  I guess raspberry berets are okay, too!
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  We had snow in South Texas

  by Panda in

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  unbelievable... we had snow starting on the 23rd and ending on the 25th.

  out at our place we got 6 inches.

  in victoria and goliad they got 1 foot!!!

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  Wild_Thing

  What is this world coming to?? Snowstorms in Texas and massive earthquakes?? I'm gettin' scared!!
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  Please Help!

  by whyamihere in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i dont know how to exactly word this but i am having a problem and am needed of advice!.

  my mother and i were talking and i was never intelligent or had deep information on the jw religion ever in my life.

  i was mainly a follower and thought it was the truth and never had the need to question anything as maybe some of you felt the same as i do and did.

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  Wild_Thing

  I think you are more intelligent than you give yourself credit for .... you are intelligent enough to see through their smoke. It is just that it is impossible to reason with someone who can only repeat lines from WT publications. They are like recordings ... and the recordings are distributed to all of the congregations because my mother says the same garbage ... verbatim! Or at least she did ... we don't discuss it anymore. Do these sound familiar?

  "It's not like this in all congregations."

  "Jehovah's organization is run by imperfect men."

  "We have to wait on Jehovah to clean his own household."

  "It doesn't matter, it's still the truth."

  There are a lot of wise people on here who can probably give you some good things to say to her, but my experience has been that it will not matter. It is like talking to a brick wall. You cannot reason with the unreasonable.

  I think it is admirable that you do not wish to have your kids grow up in the same lie that you grew up in. It is hard to shake the guilt with family throwing the same old tired JW lines at you, but eventually it loses its effectiveness and she will stop trying.
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  If You Could Write Titles For The Watchtower & Awake! What Would They Be?

  by minimus in

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  this could be a lot of fun!

  !

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  Wild_Thing

  MIllions Now Living Will Definitely Die!

  A College Education - It is Never Too Late
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  Why does God let bad things happen?

  by FMZ in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this question seems to be getting thrown around in the earthquake threads, and is asked a lot... so, what is your opinion on why god allows bad things to happen?

  also, did you stop believing in god because he allows it?.

  i will throw my two-penneth in when i have a little more time tonight.

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  Wild_Thing

  This topic reminds me of another instance that I frequently see/hear people discuss. It is along these same lines. I hope I don't offend.

  Whenever someone is sick or has a tragedy, people will get on the bandwagon to pray for them. "Pray for them ... they need all the prayers they can get, etc." as if more prayers will persuade God to save them. Then, if the person gets better ... "God answered our prayers!"

  My problem with this is what makes them so darn special that God answered their prayer, and didn't answer the other prayers and "allowed" little Susie Bobo to die on the next street? (By the way ... there is really no Susie Bobo.)