i occasionally go on self-improvement benders, as witness my attempt to eat healthy food this week.
that is going well, so i thought i'd check out where i am intellectually.
the guardian recently published a list of the 100 greatest novels of all time.
I LOVE MURAKAMI AND HATE 1Q84.
Sorry to yell.
That book wasted my short bit of precious vacation time, why, because I love that author and I trusted him, after having read nearly every one of his novels, that one was big letdown.
John Irving is always an engrossing, scandalizing read.
One hundred years of solitude is probably my favorite book of all time.
first of all let me say that i choked!
i choked because i told myself if they came back that i would have a field day!
didn't happen.
Dragging the poor kids a long is not a new defense tactic, thats just what they do.
Trust me, I know
Many times little me was nearly mauled by a ferocious dog twice my size.
does anyone else feel or know that jehovah's witnesses damaged their health?.
i know many have emerged with depression, and i'm very relieved that i am not one of them.. but, being the age i am, (a large tribe of grandchildren) i was nonetheless pressured to go out door to door in steep countryside often in bad weather, and because i was doing my best to keep up that ended in an injury which has proved to be long lasting.. and that's not counting the stress-induced consequences...i won't cite them all here, but physical.
a few days in hospital and a summer spent on compulsory almost complete rest can all be laid at the watchtower's door.the trauma of actually extricating oneself from the borg is not stopped when one has finally written that letter that disassociates oneself from them.
Glander, LOL.
dear harvard university,.
i have decided go leave this institution of education.
let me explain why.
Ok ethos:
Dear, the cult has prevented you from ever seeking any higher education, so let me explain a few things.
Classes and tests are not made of memorizing material and parroting it back. Unless you are going to become a doctor and then you damn well better know the names of all the bones of the body. Anatomy and physiology require huge amounts of memorization. Sit in on a college course and you will see it is nothing like a WT meeting, one of which has the arrogance to call itself a SCHOOL.
Actually, a good number of college classes require YOU to THINK FOR YOURSELF and make an original, coherent argument after analyzing material. The argument does not have to agree with the point of the view of the professor, or the text, so long as it is logical.
Even a college entrance exam has an essay component. These are Qualitative rather than Quantitive assessments, there is no right answer.
Also, attending any university is often a preparation to PRACTICE something- law, medicine, nursing, accounting, building etc. You have to learn the rules of your profession in order to practice it properly.
I understand how scientific knowledge progresses., do you understand how NEW LIGHT is updated.
dear harvard university,.
i have decided go leave this institution of education.
let me explain why.
under the radar:
DUH!
you really think you are the genius who figured this out and every other poster missed the point
dear harvard university,.
i have decided go leave this institution of education.
let me explain why.
Research is tested until it is invalidated by empirical evidence which is repeatable- transparent.
Academia is made of thousands of individuals pursuing all variety of interests, from social science to geophysicists.
They are accountable to department heads, deans, provosts, and presidents of the Universities.
8 men in Brooklyn who make this shit up are not accountable to anyone. They are considered absolute authorities only according to themselves and the fear of anyone who dares to question them.
Bottom line- you leave Harvard- your loss. No one will care, or think about you again, its your decision.
Leave the WT, you will be slandered and shunned, but free.
dear harvard university,.
i have decided go leave this institution of education.
let me explain why.
Luckily, since most schools are secular, no one has ever professed the rules to be anything other than man made.
the broadcaster, july 16, 1925. .
the broadcaster was a four-page, second-class publication, that hoped to reach hundreds of thousands of persons through the mails.
later, this publication was discontinued, because so many failed to reach their destination.
MODELO NEGRO, ANYONE
dear harvard university,.
i have decided go leave this institution of education.
let me explain why.
Oh ethos, you have obviously NEVER been to Harvard to understand why your little analogy is so lame.
Unlike attending meetings of the wtbts, attending Harvard does not promise salvation and yet delivers more opportunities than you can imagine in your little JW bubble.
SCIENCE IS NOT RELIGION.
the broadcaster, july 16, 1925. .
the broadcaster was a four-page, second-class publication, that hoped to reach hundreds of thousands of persons through the mails.
later, this publication was discontinued, because so many failed to reach their destination.
an anthropologist might call them Homo erectus. Not demon spawn. LOL.
