P.S. I wrote my last reply VERY quickly and didn't even proof it. Time is ticking and the baby will be waking any minute...So please excuse any errors. My fingers are flying!
laverite
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From Pioneer to Professor: My Story
by laverite ini wanted to say hello.
i knew i was gay.
i wanted to study and learn about everything i could.
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From Pioneer to Professor: My Story
by laverite ini wanted to say hello.
i knew i was gay.
i wanted to study and learn about everything i could.
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laverite
I wanted to thank the people I didn’t get a chance to thank earlier. I do this will a 5 year old climbing all over me (right now she’s banging her head on my shoulder) – distracting, but the baby is sleeping so it’s a brief moment with my hands free to type.
Cult Classic, No More Koolaid, Found Sheep, Nice Dream, Designs – thank you for your kind words and the welcome.
Heartbreaker – I don’t have a partner. I’m single and raising my children on my own. The children are a sibling group that I adopted. Life is chaotic but wonderful. We’ve created our own family with an extended family of cousins, grandparents, etc. that are not related by blood. The nice thing is that the children don’t question this as they know that you don’t have to have share DNA to be a family. It’s a family by choice.
Penny2 – I agree with you. That’s what I always thought. Surely they’d have passed the letter to the local congregation.
Jamie Bowers and Mentally Free - - thanks for the welcome and kind words.
Scott77 – thanks for the information and sharing your story. Wow – interesting and what an awesome job you did following up to make sure that you had no ties to the organization. I wanted no further ties and I didn’t want them to be able to hold anything over my head, even if that meant losing all of my JW family (which is pretty much everyone in my family!!). I just wanted to live my life free of the cult. I love reading about others’ experiences.
Black Sheep – thank you. Your username would fit me nicely too. Imagine – being a university professor, regularly publishing articles, reviews, essays, and in a few months my fourth book AND being a black sheep of the family! Ugh.
Broken Promises – it’s never too late. See the recent thread I bumped up that Cabasilas wrote.
Undercover, Jedi Master, and Snowbird, Finally Some Pride, Thomas Covenant, Golden Sky, Cabasilas, Quietly Leaving, Dissed, Double Life, Peaches, Diva, Hopscotch, Not a Captive, CoCo, NN, BabaYaga, Palm, BizzyBee, LozHasIt, – again, thank you for the kind words and welcome. You are all so special.
Georgie Girl – Yes I am in the US. As an undergrad, in my final year I took a few doctoral courses that didn’t count toward my undergrad degree, but that I was able to count for my graduate program. It sped things up a little bit having advanced standing coming in. If a person is very focused and has advisors on board, the PhD doesn’t need to take 5-7 years after an MA. And, an MA isn’t always required but is often given en passant. Much depends on the focus, the determination, the student the advisors, etc. It’s unusual to finish so quickly, but there’s always someone in every program who does it, with many others following a few semesters later, and one or two who take forever and yet many more who never finish.
Snowbird (again) – thank you for all the wonderful links. I love your posts. You are a special person!
SlipnSlide – it’s not easy but you can do it. You are clearly an amazing person and you shouldn’t have had to suffer in the org like we all did.
Bobid- I am sure you’re right!
RayZorBlade – Hello to you in Ontario. I love Ontario!
Quandry- my best students are your age. I love my returning students. They are inspiring and I have a special connection to them.
Cabasilas – Ditto here what I said to Quandry. Thank you for your PM. I’ve answered it. You are amazing, as is Quandry and so many others on here. You all inspire me!
Lots of love to you all.
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So, you blew your chance to go to college because of JWs? Don't give up!
by cabasilas ini got the jw "bug" as a teenager.
witnesses called at our door when i was nearly 11. my parents are deaf and i was the oldest hearing child, the default interpreter for them in that era before relay services and professional interpreters.
they had no interest in jws, but it started to spark an interest in me.
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laverite
Cabasilas,
This is a wonderful thread, so I thought I'd bump it up in case anyone missed this the first time around. What an inspirational story that many can benefit from. It's never too late. It really isn't. This is especially true with a college education in the US. Community colleges are wonderful resources that can be found in almost every community across America, and even those who live in rural areas usually have access as well. With the increase in online courses especially at CCs, access for many has expanded even more. Perhaps these expanded opportunities will make a difference for JWs. I'd love to see more wake up. Developing critical thinking skills can help with that.
Speaking of access, a friend of mine who teaches at a CC had a student in one of her online courses a couple of semesters back. That student lived in a remote area about an hour from the campus. She was legally blind (couldn't drive but still had vision and could read with special equipment) and she was also deaf. This young woman's parents worked full-time and she was literally stuck at home all day every day with no access to the outside world except for the computer and her online course. She took only one course at a time and would spend hours and hours every day on that one course alone. The instructor friend of mine knew none of this until the end of the semester when that student wrote a note and said that was the first time she felt completely equal to every other student in the class -- no one knew she had vision problems and no one knew she was deaf.
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From Pioneer to Professor: My Story
by laverite ini wanted to say hello.
i knew i was gay.
i wanted to study and learn about everything i could.
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Thank you to everyone who has responded. I've been enjoying the site a lot more now that I registered and can post. In any case, I will have to go through all the posts and replies in this particular thread, as there are probably a couple of things to follow up on. I'm touched by everyone's kindness on here.
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Funny book about JW's about to be published.
by TheEndIsNigh inhi gang, i would really appreciate if you could take a look at my blog about the book i've written re the witnesses.
i've aimed to have a laugh at all the madness that i experienced in the 20 years i spent in the 'truth'.. i'm using the blog to get some positive comments so i can get the book published.
i've already had lot's of help.
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laverite
"About to be published" and trying to get a book published are two different things. So, I'm a bit confused. But good luck to you.
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Another GEM from the 9/15/10 WT
by civicsi00 inthis is taken word for word from the study article entitled: "unity identifies true worship", page 13, paragraph 8:.
"similarly today, a governing body composed of spirit-anointed christians contributes to the unity of the worldwide congregation.
the governing body publishes spiritually encouraging literature in many languages.
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laverite
Awesome stuff!
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OMG Smurfs: The Movie
by laverite inthey aren't just cartoon characters now, they are computer generated!
the smurfs are back.. check out the trailer:.
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-the-smurfs-get-real-in-first-trailer.html.
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laverite
They aren't just cartoon characters now, they are computer generated! The Smurfs are back.
Check out the trailer:
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movie-talk-the-smurfs-get-real-in-first-trailer.html
Then...call out to Jehovah for protection from the demons.
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Official: Ted Jaracz's Funeral Brochure
by yknot ini received this generous offering from 'anonymous brother'.
his comments : hmmm...why do i not see such things at most jw funerals?.
please give your 'thank you' to "anonymous brother'.
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laverite
OnTheWayOut once again nails it right on the head with his post.
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Support request
by JeffT ini just submitted my manuscript for armageddons disciple to comfort publishing.
apparently, it will take them two-three months to get back to me.
if any of you want to offer up thoughts/prayers/incense/candles/sacrificial chickens/bribes/sexual favors whatever on my behalf id appreciate it.
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laverite
Sexual favors? No problem!
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Stopped smoking
by Cagefighter in...again this time i am going to stick with it.
last smoke was 24 hours ago and i instantly started coming down with cold sympthoms.
i figure i'll save 200-300 a month..
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laverite
Good job! One of the best things you could do!