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  No Child Left Behind Testing

  by skeeter1 in

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  around the us, 6th graders (and alot of other grades) are preparing for this spring's standardized testing.

  when "we" grew up, the standardized tests were straigh forward math problems.

  the standardized math test is now only 16 questions long, but they are all long, drawn out word problems.

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  jamiebowers

  Skeeter, I was in the gifted class, and geometry wasn't taught until the 10th grade. I am 48 years old and attended a public school in rural western PA.

  I assisted with proficiency testing in a first grade class in an Ohio school during the 1997-1998 school year. There were two questions on the test that none of the teachers could answer. I don't remember what the first one was, but the second one was as follows:

  When portraying the colors of the leaves during autumn, what art supplies would be the best to use?

  • crayons
  • markers
  • colored pencils
  • paints

  I still haven't figured that one out. Another question on the test for first graders was to label Ohio and all of its border states on a blank US map. And you're correct; teachers now teach in preparation for the proficiency tests, because their jobs are at stake. It's a shame.
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  Is the grass greener on the other side?

  by What Now? in

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  2. experiences

  hi all.... so my mom phoned me up this morning and said she needed to talk to me about something.

  she asked me whether or not our (worldly) family thought that my husband and i were witnesses anymore.

  one, someone in my family said to her, "i didn't know you guys wear short dresses like that" - commenting on a slightly above the knee dress i had worn to a family event.

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  I try to imagine raising him as a witness ... and the thing is, I can picture it going well. I know I can make it fun, something he'll enjoy and want for himself. I know he'd have a great group of friends, whose parents I would trust.

  As far as I know, most "worldly" people as a group do NOT hide pedophiles within their midst. You have less reason to trust jw parents, because the Watch Tower makes it a point to cover up child molestation.
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  How do I keep from being an enabler while not appearing like Satan

  by marriedtoajw in

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  2. friends

  one thing that i havn't mentioned in any of my posts is that i have a 26 year old son along with the 4 kids that my wife and i have together.

  i became a father very young, 15 to be exact.

  that's a whole other issue but not on this post.

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  jamiebowers

  Open your Bible, and read your son this:

  For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."

  http://bible.cc/2_thessalonians/3-10.htm

  Make it matter of faith that he goes out and gets a job. In so doing, he'll get a taste of the real world and hopefully see that he must gain a skill or an education to support himself and family he may eventually have. The more time he spends away from the cult and its activities, the more chance he has at being awakened.
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  Okay kids!!I need prayers, karma, or good thoughts

  by mouthy in

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  2. friends

  i went to shut my door ( it has ice in the ledge) i shoved it with my side ugh!!!.

  if i laugh or cough i near die with pain.i went to the hospital for xrays.

  it is a torn muscle.

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  jamiebowers

  Thinking of you!
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  XJW friend visiting DC area

  by Dagney in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  a friend from the board (he forgot his login) is in dc for business for a few more days.

  he's a former elder, and has his immediate family all out.

  he asked me to post here if anybody in the area would like to meet up.

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  I'll notify a few people I know in the area.
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  Have you seen this yet ?

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  made my day watching this interview ( i have a different kind of sense of humor what can i say ) .

  but notice his first statement and then later at the end he says he has no family or friends that he grew up with because he is dead to them all ...sounds familiar.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?nr=1&v=-xa0nfcdlk4&feature=endscreen.

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  jamiebowers

  Clickable:

  http://gawker.com/5982533/where-are-they-now-news-reporter-tracks-down-kai-the-hatchet+wielding-hitchhiker
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  I love making the JWs feel so uncomfortable!!! :D

  by TimothyT in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i dont go out of my way to do it but when they pass me in the street i just cant help myself!

  it's hilarious!

  today i popped to the train station to pick up some tickets and on the way back i noticed an elder's car parked near the local cafe.

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  jamiebowers

  There used to be a poster here on JWN who went by the user name, Dawg. He would greet jws when he saw them out in public. If they shunned him, he would announce to "worldly" bystanders that the jw refused to speak to him, because he was no longer a jw. Usually the jw would run, and the people would laugh or cheer.
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  Analyzing...and analyzing...The Shining

  by glenster in

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  stanley invented the kubrick's reuben, a sandwich you have to put.

  together just right.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gskaaouhfxg.

  bonus.

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  Scottish marriage proposal

  by JeffT in

  1. social
  2. humour

  http://www.youtube.com/embed/dyslhl71k1m?rel=0.

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  jamiebowers

  Chuckle!
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  Came clean to the wife and all is good!

  by Comatose in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have been reading steven hassan's books as well studying like never before.

  my wife has seen the amount studying i am doing, just hasnt known what all subjects instudy.

  over the last few weeks i've slowly shared certain things.

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  jamiebowers

  Good progress so far.

  Pagan holidays like Christmas or Easter will be out for us As of right now.

  But consider this for future discussions:

  Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.

  http://bible.cc/colossians/2-16.htm

  Also did you know that the names of the days of the week and months of the year have "Pagan" origins? So does the use of lipstick, (prostitutes would rub berries on their lips to symbolize their willingness to perform oral sex). It certainly doesn't mean the same thing now, but neither does Easter and Christmas.