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  Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

  by frankiespeakin in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig9ce55wbty.

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  American schools are still run, as far as I know, on the factory model although we live in a high-tech society. Everything is regimented and lowbrow for people who are going to sort screws for a living. Why does an assembly line worker need to be creative?

  As Pink Floyd so aptly put it, "We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control."

  I was reading a novel once in which a upper class English "gentleman" was arguing against allowing "the great unwashed" to learn to read. He said that no man who could read would ever go down into a coal mine.

  So, if we teach kids to think and come up with new ideas, they might have a sense of self-worth and not settle for living on minimum wage with government subsidies or being controlled by their corporate masters.
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  Why do the GB need a new Bethel compound if the end is so close? Here is the "official" answer

  by sir82 in

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  as most of us know, the society is spending 10's of millions of dollars on a giant, state of the art, secluded bunker country club headquarters in very remote, isolated warwick ny.. the question that "some" have is, why?

  if armageddon is coming "very soon", why go to all that time & effort & expense?

  why have thousands of jws dedicating their time to this massive effort instead of the "lifesaving ministry"?.

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  In the early '70's a married sister from another state moved to where I was living to stay with her parents because her husband wouldn't fix up their property or hire anyone to do so. Why should he when Armageddon should be here by 1975?

  She told us that she had pointed out to him that the Society was improving buildings and purchasing new ones as well. I think that's around the time they bought the Squibb Building in New York.

  History is repeating itself here. Are they going to buy weapons and build walls, too? I remember a long-ago book study where there was a smug comment by the Israelites in the Old Testament that they were in a "wide-mouthed cooking pot" or some such nonsense. They felt protected from attack from the outside, in any case. The ending of the matter was that they needed to escape the city, but there was no way out. Does anyone remember this and which publication it was in?

  It gets curiouser and curiouiser.
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  Meet our very own Sarah Palin

  by barry in

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  au.yahoo.com.

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  She appears to be uneducated and rough around the edges, to say the least. She's entirely out of her element. At least she's 27 years old and has time to learn a few things. When does she start?
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  Former Longtime Elder : Contributions

  by James Jackson in

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  for a year now, i have been handling the accounts.

  we have 6 elders and 7 ms, and none of them ( i am not serving), want to do the accounts, so they asked me to do it.

  here is what i have noticed.. 4 elderly sisters cover the whole congregation in donations monthly!

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  Mum

  We're living in difficult economic times. I know I don't have as much money as I used to.
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  My sister almost died.

  by redvip2000 in

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  ever since i was a little boy i've been aware of this vague story about my older sister having some issues at birth, but never knew the details.. yesterday i was having a conversation with a much older cousin, who is a non-practicing jw about different watchtower issues.

  while discussing the blood issue she totally came out with the story about my sister, which i never knew before.. when my sister was born some 40 years ago, my mother had the delivery at home with the help of a midwife.

  i'm not entirely sure why this decision was made instead of going to a hospital.

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  Your uncle is my hero!

  When a parent refuses medical treatment for a child, it should be prosecuted as a crime. Everyone who is related to JW's should know how to get a court order in a situation such as this one.

  Your sister is a lucky girl.

  JW'S BELIEVE IN HUMAN SACRIFICE!
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  Dysfunctional witness families

  by concerned2 in

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  being raised as a jw i feel dirty even posting here.

  my life growing up was one filled with fear.

  armageddon was preached to us day/night.

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  Most families are dysfunctional to some extent. Some are much more so that others.

  My family were not JW's, but there was still favoritism based on other criteria than behavior.

  I assure you that you are not alone. Thanks for sharing your story. I am not surprised because I learned very young that life is not fair.
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  trying to keep my brain alive

  by Hortensia in

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  i'm retired now and worried about losing my mind!

  you have to keep exercising your brain to prevent dementia and similar stuff.

  use it or lose it!.

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  I am also retired, and working on my brain. I recently joined Lumosity. They had a special, $90 or so for two years. I have been doing their brain exercises for about a month. I am slow (after all, I'm from Tennessee), but flexibility is my strongest point brain-wise. After that, it's memory and problem solving.

  I also do sudoku puzzles, crossword puzzles, play online trivia games and read as much as I can.

  I have a recommendation for your French studies if you have some cash. Look on e-bay first. "French in Action" is a series of videos/DVD's with textbook and workbook that you can buy and learn the essentials of French. A telecourse was taught on PBS using these materials. The teacher is Pierre Capretz, a Yale professor (now probably retired). Yale allegedly has the best French program in the U.S. I follow along in the textbook as I watch the episodes. I love language, and if I had the means, I woud learn every language I could.
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  trying to keep my brain alive

  by Hortensia in

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  i'm retired now and worried about losing my mind!

  you have to keep exercising your brain to prevent dementia and similar stuff.

  use it or lose it!.

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  Mum

  "Ce que vous parlez l'anglais?"

  I think the correct sentence would be "Est-ce que vou parlez anglais?"

  The definite article "le" is used before names of languages, with the exception of: after the verb "parler."

  It sounds as if you're doing fine. I wish I lived near you, and we could practice together.

  It's "s'il vous plait," literally "if it is pleasing to you." The subject is "il," so the third person singular is the correct form of the verb.

  "Plais" is second person indicative, informal.

  PM me if I can help any further. I have somewhat of a facility with language. I started with French as a junior in high school (in the paleolithic age).
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  Ouija Board!!!

  by XPeterX in

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  2. beliefs

  to those who don't believe in this shyt:you'd better not post here .

  ok...so you ever used it?what experiences do you have?were you able to summon a demon?what did he tell you?what did you see?i'm really curious and i wanna try it!.

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  When I was in college, some gals in the dorm were messing around wth the OB. They asked it stupid girly stuff like who whould take who to the dance, etc. But one thing was interesting, although it could be coincidence. They asked it who would be the highest scorer at the next college basketball game. It said "Lorne (not his real name)." After putting the board away, the girls were saying that Lorne would not be the one. They seemed to be confident that they knew the members of the team and their performance history to know that it would not be Lorne. We all went to the game, and Lorne scored the most points.

  I have heard horror stories galore about OB's. Some were on this board. Maybe there are invisible beings (not demons) who can tell if you're scared and mess with you. I wonder if they could make Lorne score, too.
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  Moving to Memphis

  by scary21 in

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  my husband and i are moving to memphis soon.

  does anyone have any info.

  one thing i like is no harsh winters.. it's scary but exciting moving to a new place.

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  Speking of moving somewhere and not knowing anybody, I had to do this as a child when I went to two different hospitals at different times for extended treatment (4 months and 9 months, respectively). I was 8 months old the first time, and was about 60 miles from home. My family was very poor, and I'm not sure how much they were able to visit. I think I disconnected from them emotionally and made attachments to the hospital personnel and my fellow patients. My mom used to tell me I was "standoffish," but, clearly, she did not understand the emotional impact of such an experience at such a young age.

  The second time was 2 days after my 7th birthday, and it was 200 or so miles from home. I was very fearful at first, but my fellow patients went out of their way to make me feel welcome.

  I'm not as anxious as a "normal" person about making changes. You'll probably adapt quickly and have a not-so-lonely life very quickly. It's not as overwhelming as you think.