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  How many of us have Higher Learning, and still mop floors

  by Quarterback in

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  someone who works at a college locally, pointed out to me that one of their scholar students was stocking shelves at a dollar store.. with this recession, are you finding that higher learning is wasting time?

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  i know that it's necessary to become a dr. or a lawyer, but, with the shortage of work, even teachers are working as secretarys.. what do you think?.

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  There are people who make good money and enjoy their work without having a college education, and there are people who went to college and can't get even a minimum wage job. The flat odds are better that the college educated person will outearn the non-college educated person, even after accounting for the time and money spent getting the degree.

  Mortgaging your future to pay for an education is rarely a smart move. If a person is determined to pursue a career that will not pay enough to justify the cost of a particular institution, then pick a cheaper school or a better paying job. In a perfect world, money would never be a consideration when choosing a school or a career, but in this real world those points have to be considered.
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  Anyone have the outline for the 2012 'Special Talk'

  by Lore in

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  the sunday after every memorial they intruduce a new talk, which is the 'special talk'.. this year it's called: "is it later than you think".

  anyone able to provide me the outline?.

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  Bubblegum - "Inactive ones, those who were once neglected before this new talk, will get the spiritual support and reassurance "Jehovah will correct all the ills that plague the local congregations. The numbers of inactive ones in some areas, are thirty percent of the Kingdom Halls, in some parts of the United States. Locally, there is a Hall with twenty plus percent inactive ones, will this talk help them see the "Light"?"

  I tried a little math on the number of publishers in my former hall. I only attended meetings there for about 12 years, and I came up with nearly as many people who no longer attend meetings as those who are still active. In fact, in the 12 years I attended, Just Ron and I were the only two people baptized who were not born-ins. If I had access to the complete records, I would bet that there are more people still living here who used to be active witnesses than there are people who are currently active witnesses.
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  How many of us have Higher Learning, and still mop floors

  by Quarterback in

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  someone who works at a college locally, pointed out to me that one of their scholar students was stocking shelves at a dollar store.. with this recession, are you finding that higher learning is wasting time?

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  i know that it's necessary to become a dr. or a lawyer, but, with the shortage of work, even teachers are working as secretarys.. what do you think?.

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  Higher learning has always held the risk of being a waste of time and money. You aren't doing yourself any favors spending $100,000 on classes if you end up flunking out. However, just because a lot of people are finding it hard to get started in their chosen career right now doesn't mean that the effort they put into their education was wasted.
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  Social networks a huge no from the service meetings!

  by life is to short in

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  ok so i sort of tie in and listen to the meetings.

  the elders blocked my number lasy fall but then they let me back in???

  not a clue what that was about.. so anywho these last two service parts have been on social networks.

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  What worries me about Facebook is that it seems to want to track everything you do all over the internet, and then publish that information, or sell it, or store it for later. I would like to have a facebook account, but I don't necessarily want to share with the whole world that I'm shopping for fat lady underpants, or booking a cruise, or reading the Daily Mail, or whatever. I really don't want to have to work at keeping my privacy, so for now I don't have a Facebook account.
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  Ellen DeGeneres Addresses Her JCPenney Critics

  by whereami in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_znktttaxcs&sns=em.

  about time good ol' bill gets it right:.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhevu64pzsa&sns=em.

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  I don't shop much period, but I do go to JCP for kids clothes. I am not a fan of Ellen, she just isn't funny. But I'm glad that JCP isn't dumping her over this nonsense.
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  Dealing with elders during my mom's surgery

  by noni1974 in

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  my mother has been working forwell over a year to have a gastric bypass and she finally got the ok from her doctor and insurance.

  the date is set for this coming friday.

  although, i'm not 100% sure this will happen because she was diagnosed with pneumonia and a partially collapsed lung this past week.

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  Good luck!
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  Click Click Click...

  by mrsjones5 in

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  went her heels as she approached me in the walmart parking lot yesterday morning.

  i'm loading my groceries in the van, thinking about how hungry i am for breakfast and how lovely a cup of coffee would be right about now.

  i hear the clicking sound and take a peep in the direction it's coming from.

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  We live not too far from Evansville, Indiana. Indy is a bit of a haul - I've only been there once to take our middle son to a specialist at Riley's.
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  Click Click Click...

  by mrsjones5 in

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  went her heels as she approached me in the walmart parking lot yesterday morning.

  i'm loading my groceries in the van, thinking about how hungry i am for breakfast and how lovely a cup of coffee would be right about now.

  i hear the clicking sound and take a peep in the direction it's coming from.

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  or at least back to Indiana

  What part of Indiana? Maybe you'll back there someday :)
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  If You Could See ANY Musical Group or Singer Of ANY Generation Who Would It Be?

  by minimus in

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  i never saw the king, live, in concert.

  if i could've i would have wanted to see elvis.

  i rarely listen to him but it would been great to see him in his prime.. and i would've loved it if i could have seen the 60's versions of the temptations!.

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  I saw Bob Dylan once, and Tom Petty in 89 or 90.
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  If You Could See ANY Musical Group or Singer Of ANY Generation Who Would It Be?

  by minimus in

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  i never saw the king, live, in concert.

  if i could've i would have wanted to see elvis.

  i rarely listen to him but it would been great to see him in his prime.. and i would've loved it if i could have seen the 60's versions of the temptations!.

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  The Grateful Dead in the late 60's