I started college while I was still IN the borg. Hmmm, that didn't go over too well, lol.
I've graduated from nursing school (PN), with a whole bunch of "extra" liberal arts credits (couldn't decide what I wanted to be when I grew up). I plan to go back in a few years and get a degree in creative writing or journalism (haven't decided which yet).
well, tomorrow is the first day of orientation and my first legal research and writing course.
i don't know what law school will consist of, but i'm anxious to find out.
i can hardly believe i've been out of school since december.
Congrats John Doe. Hope you have a great year.
Remember, you'll be 31 no matter what anyway. Now you'll be 31 with a degree;)
i very rarely lie, but i took off work for personal reasons, and that was not a good enough explanation so i told an acceptable lie which no one really gives a rats ass or not.. there was a time when the telling the truth about eveything was important to me.
i thought it made a difference.
sometimes i suffered for telling the truth.
Woohooo! You're gaining your humanity!!Congrats!;)
here's a shout out to any who may have tried increasing their reading speed and comprehension.
have you tried any particular methods, courses, books, etc?.
if so, with what success?
Get accepted to nursing school-then you have no choice but to speed it up, lol.
my neighbour across the street went to his 1st jw meeting yesterday.
he also went to the memorial last april.
he didn't go since.. coming back from his 1st meeting, he told me that he told the elders, that he will never wear a tie, and that he will never go out inthe field service, and that he wont go back to their meetings anymore because their meeting is right inthe middle of the afternoon on sundays....1pm to 3pm.
Twitch,
I think you answered it very well.
my neighbour across the street went to his 1st jw meeting yesterday.
he also went to the memorial last april.
he didn't go since.. coming back from his 1st meeting, he told me that he told the elders, that he will never wear a tie, and that he will never go out inthe field service, and that he wont go back to their meetings anymore because their meeting is right inthe middle of the afternoon on sundays....1pm to 3pm.
Someone who came out of an authoritarian family, who thought rigidness was the norm, who was sixteen and searching for the answers to life and some way to make a difference in the world, and who was too inexperienced to be aware of what a cult is and how it operates.
I don't necessarily equate mental unstableness with simply not ever having experienced the norm.
I was an earnest seeker when I joined. When it got so bad I started questioning my sanity, I left.
I have since left another "mainstream" church because I recognized the same type of behaviors.
LOL Gopher!: So I am definitely in my right mind, then:)
my husband was mumbling in his sleep last night, so i shook him and told him he was having a nightmare.
he said he saw a spooky shawdow coming toward him and he couldn't move.
when i eventually went to sleep, i experience the same thing.
Lol, no. But I did have a dream about a giant wild hog running amok through a school. I woke up, got a drink, went back to bed, and picked up in the dream where I'd left off! Funny thing was, I wasn't really scared in the dream, or when I was awake. I was more like an interested observer to all the chaos.
ever notice this phenomenon?
seems like a lot of people that leave in their early 20s tend to become wild party animals as soon as they leave da troof, getting tattoos, piercings and the like and going almost overboard with it.
anyone ever experience this?
LOL! Only one of my children has gotten a tattoo. Two have gotten piercings, but one let it grow back over.Their "rebellion" has mostly consisted of getting involved with motocross racing, donating blood, donating to church food pantries, joining the military, and being involved in monogamous nonmarital relationships.
All disfellowshipping offenses according to WTS policy
Edited to add: Oh, and playing lottery and WINNING
hi again.
i may just be being lazy here and for that i apologise, but for the benefit of myself and other newbies, could you just clarify or point me in the right direction... i am very curious about the caffeine issue and the ngo issue - i have not heard of them before?.
princess db.
Give up caffeine? Nah-then they couldn't take coffee breaks during field service;)
me: "is it true you offer free home bible studies?
jw: "yes.
me: "is it also true you report the time spent preparing and teaching the study?
I was actually asked this question in FS one time. I showed the person one of the scriptures where a census was taken, and some of the scriptures where other things were accounted for by recording amounts to "prove" that it was okay to count time.
I wonder why they never asked me to show them where Jesus counted his time in the ministry, lol.That might have got me thinking.
Oh, and when they asked me if I felt it gave me a better chance at salvation, I said no, it only kept me from being bloodguilty for not warning mankind.
