Twisted it is a known FACT that witness kids are ten times worse than wordly kids, at least the ones I knew were
joannadandy
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Anyone from Minnesota?
by scootergirl inlooking for anyone from the st. cloud congregations (i was in the north one)...or surrounding areas.
oh heck, anyone from minnesota is fine!
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Name some must have rock records
by Leander ini've spent a lot of time on allmusic.com and it amazes me how much nirvana is mentioned when the reviewers rate other albums.
so its a no brainer that nirvana's work should probably have a place in every rock collection, but what are some other albums every rock fan should listen to if not own.
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joannadandy
Whiny?
Sheryl Crow is Whiny, Alanis Morrisette-whiny...
C'mon when liz phair howls into the mike, "I wanna be your blowjob queen" you find that whiny?
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My New Childrens Book - First Chapter
by Naeblis injack was his name and killing puppies was his game.
he was the best god damned puppy killer around, and folks in them here parts knew he always did good work.
"got too many puppies," the old man drawled, "don't wants to kill them but what can be done?".
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joannadandy
woof, that was a downer
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Name some must have rock records
by Leander ini've spent a lot of time on allmusic.com and it amazes me how much nirvana is mentioned when the reviewers rate other albums.
so its a no brainer that nirvana's work should probably have a place in every rock collection, but what are some other albums every rock fan should listen to if not own.
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joannadandy
- Liz Phair-Exile in Guyville (every woman must own this album)
- Smashing Pumpkins - Adore, and Siamese Dream
- Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies
- Ween - The Mollusk
- Etta James - The Hits
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Hot - G. Love and Special Sauce - Philladelphiaphonic
- John Coletrain - Blue Train
- (oh wait some of these aren't rock--nevermind)
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Anyone from Minnesota?
by scootergirl inlooking for anyone from the st. cloud congregations (i was in the north one)...or surrounding areas.
oh heck, anyone from minnesota is fine!
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joannadandy
holy crap!
I am from St. Cloud!!
tee hee!
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How about Home Schooling?
by joannadandy inok first off this is the first time i have ever made up a topic.
secondly, i was reading another thread about teen development and the borgs control over adolescents, and that got me to thinking.
i dont know what anyone elses experiences were like in their congregations but 85% of the kids in my hall were home schooled their entire lives, or were taking correspondence courses instead of attending high school.
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joannadandy
Which state is it?
I have't heard of that before...
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How to keep JW's from knocking on your door.
by noidea in.
are you sure that would keep them away???.
lizard
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joannadandy
LOL Lizard, good point! There are some sex starved people in the borg...you might not get them to leave.
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joannadandy
Tho gross, I must admit, I would be more freaked if a snake was living in my ear...MAN I HATE SNAKES!
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JWs Are The Smartest People on Earth
by comforter incomforter is just pulling your leg guys!!!
at least i hope so!!
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joannadandy
There are all sorts of levels of intelligence. No matter what faith you look into there are going to be those with book learnin' and those without! tee-hee!
But you cannot deny that they do discourage higher education, which keeps a lot of people from career paths they may have wanted. Sure those are some of the more strict teaching at play, but it still happens. As Reborn pointed out most people in the JW faith don't have college degrees. Does this mean they are not smart, no-college doesn't equal brains, (just look at George Bush Jr.) nor does it mean you can only read the Awake and learn everything you could ever need to know in life.
I am just always leary of any organization or individual who considers themselves overly intelligent.
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How about Home Schooling?
by joannadandy inok first off this is the first time i have ever made up a topic.
secondly, i was reading another thread about teen development and the borgs control over adolescents, and that got me to thinking.
i dont know what anyone elses experiences were like in their congregations but 85% of the kids in my hall were home schooled their entire lives, or were taking correspondence courses instead of attending high school.
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joannadandy
Ok first off this is the first time I have ever made up a topic. GO ME!
Secondly, I was reading another thread about teen development and the Borgs control over adolescents, and that got me to thinking. I dont know what anyone elses experiences were like in their congregations but 85% of the kids in my hall were home schooled their entire lives, or were taking correspondence courses instead of attending high school. This was a really high percentage considering how many kids we had in our congregation (we were quite the baby factory). The reasons were of course, bad association was limited, they got to spend more time in field service, etc. But really it created socially inept people. I recall that the home-schooled witness kids had no idea what was socially acceptable behavior. They were crass, rude, dysfunctional, and embarrassing to be around. Blissfully unaware that they were considered abnormal, or that there might be other religious views in the world.
I am going into public education. I fully understand why some parents choose to home school their children. But it also takes a really good parent and child combination in order to be able to handle that kind of responsibility, lets face it-most JW parents arent up to the task. Sure my friends were taking correspondence courses but they were in multiplication and long division. Few of them were exposed to computers, science, etc. (Though reading the post on an Awake education I am sure they will be fine *sarcasm*) it always stuck with me that what the Witness parents were doing was NOT RIGHT! It took several of my friends extra time to finish high school degrees, rather than finishing early like was expected at the beginning. A few never finished at all. It also takes a great network. Cutting yourself and your child off from any social contact with peers is downright dangerous, and thought of as unhealthy by most child psychologists. And I am inclined to agree.
Meanwhile I was considered bad association. I went to school, heck my parents even let me participate in some outside activities so I got to network with people outside the Borg. My parents knew full well I was responsible enough to know the difference between right and wrong and that some social contact was needed with people out of the Borg. And the final straw was when I signed up for a 4-year degree so I could get my teaching license.
Anyway, all of the posts I had been reading plus the fact that I am very interested in education and child development got me thinking about home schooling and I wondered if other congregations had high numbers of home-schoolers. All thoughts and experiences will be helpfulI also know Minnesota tends to have quite a few home-schoolers(maybe it's just a regional thing)