Posts by LoisLane looking for Superman

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If you wanted to go to College/University, how do you think you would fair, after paying off your Student Loans?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

if you go to college/university...where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

if you do not get higher learning, where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

or loss/saving for 40 years = $480,000.00.. someone else can compound the interest.. do you have a 5 year plan?

LoisLane looking for Superman

Hoser >>>>>Thank you for your valid point.

You mentioned your Friend started working at age 16 so that by the age of 30 he owned several trucks, a growing business and a house but he saw the light early and didn't waste his time as a JW. (Thank goodness he stayed busy so that neither he or his wife got sucked in at the door by some nice meaning, but mind controlled pub/ pio , trying to save him). lol

You are right, that many at the age of 30, are still paying off Student Loans.

In my opening thread, I mentioned years spent in useless field service = alternative: how much money they could have made...so as to have a more fulfilling, useful life.

A human being has wants, desires, hopes and dreams. What I am trying to say is...If you are a pioneer/publisher and you have wants, desires, hopes and dreams, look at what you give away/throw away every month...every year. How are you going to have fulfillment of your wants, desires etc. if you keep wasting your life for a publishing business.

Jesus started his career move "pioneering" at the age of 30 and he was unmarried, didn't want a wife, or children or a home or have need of Medical Insurance, or more than one pair of shoes or one set of clothes, didn't need to pay to keep his hair neatly trimmed or worry about having a 4 door car for meetings or field service and hotel expenses going to the CA or DA and don't forget to tip. So it is highly unrealistic that in this modern age we live in, that this, do as I say, not as I do, publishing firm, tells us what to do with our lives.

It is 2013. We need to surround ourselves with people who empower us. Who treat each of us as unique individuals with something to offer. Not stay with "Cruel Overseers" who tell us what to do what to think.

Education or no education. Just think. What do I want out of life and how am I going to make it happen.

If you want the title pioneer as your status symbol in little thinkers Kingdom Halls, what kind of job, education, training do you need, so that in 50 years you can look back on your life with happiness and satisfaction. Were you able to enjoy some of your hopes, dreams, wants, desires?

All I am saying is: Don't let The Society take away your choices in life.

Just Lois

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Jehovah's Witnesses and restaurant bills

by usualusername in

jw
friends

did you ever have the experience of going to a restaurant with witnesses and spending 30mins sorting out the restaurant bill?.

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thats something i miss since leaving... .

LoisLane looking for Superman

You Guys are funny. I am glad I read this thread. I've learned a lot.

Just Lois

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If you wanted to go to College/University, how do you think you would fair, after paying off your Student Loans?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

if you go to college/university...where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

if you do not get higher learning, where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

or loss/saving for 40 years = $480,000.00.. someone else can compound the interest.. do you have a 5 year plan?

LoisLane looking for Superman

Hoser>>>>>Your Friend is a self-made man. He really sounds like a wonderful person. If reading is not your forte, brilliant that he is smart enough to figure out to hire an Office Manager to handle all the paperwork.

I wonder if he felt like he had to work twice as hard as everyone else to make a way for himself and Family, and then his happy reward is to be incredibly successful with it.

I feel for him, when you said he has a learning disability. It is difficult to read when you are Dyslexic. I'm not dyslexic. My mom used to beat up on me. I couldn't hear clearly. I couldn't speak clearly. As a little kid, trying to read, my mom, instead of helping, made learning difficult. lol When I was 10 my Teacher suggested I get a Library card over summer and start at the little kid section, with pictures and one word pages. It worked for me, thank goodness. There is no way Jose, I could grow up and drive a transport truck! lol

I am so glad, your Friend figured what he wanted to do, could do it well and went for it.

I was focusing on the College/University thread, because The Society is so against it. I am aware it is not for everyone.

I appreciated what Band said above, about some people she knew who got their GED's. and were very articulate.

Just Lois

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If you wanted to go to College/University, how do you think you would fair, after paying off your Student Loans?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

if you go to college/university...where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

if you do not get higher learning, where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

or loss/saving for 40 years = $480,000.00.. someone else can compound the interest.. do you have a 5 year plan?

LoisLane looking for Superman

VillageGirl , Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!

Lots of useful information. Thank you for sharing info about College classes and discussing the grant aspect of it and also about going to a College where you can take classes (at a smaller price) and transfer your Course credits forward to a University, if that is your desire.

Nice to know about Phoenix University.

Thank you for your first post. I am honored. : )

If you would like, start a new thread, and tell us about some of your journey so far.

We are a friendly Group. There are a couple of Monkeys on board, but last night, I noticed someone sent a pile of bananas for Shamus100 on one of the threads, so that should keep him occupied for quite a while. Outlaw heard there was a storm coming, so he might be gone for a while, if he has to snowshoe into town and back with beer and KFC. lol

Just Lois

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If you wanted to go to College/University, how do you think you would fair, after paying off your Student Loans?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

if you go to college/university...where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

if you do not get higher learning, where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

or loss/saving for 40 years = $480,000.00.. someone else can compound the interest.. do you have a 5 year plan?

LoisLane looking for Superman

Band>>>>>The FBI wanted to recruit you. How cool is that?

Interesting statement of what a determined person can make of themselves with a GED. I like that.

I want better things for my younger Brothers and Sisters in The Truth(tm). I want them to fly!

After 9/11 wanting to be a CIA Analyst. What an amazing mind you must have.

Do you like playing Chess, or did you not pursue it, because the Society warned us against it?

Just Lois

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If you wanted to go to College/University, how do you think you would fair, after paying off your Student Loans?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

if you go to college/university...where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

if you do not get higher learning, where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

or loss/saving for 40 years = $480,000.00.. someone else can compound the interest.. do you have a 5 year plan?

LoisLane looking for Superman

Band>>>>>Thank you for your insight.

If you could have gone for a double major, what would your second have been?

Just Lois

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If you wanted to go to College/University, how do you think you would fair, after paying off your Student Loans?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

if you go to college/university...where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

if you do not get higher learning, where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

or loss/saving for 40 years = $480,000.00.. someone else can compound the interest.. do you have a 5 year plan?

LoisLane looking for Superman

Captain Obvious>>>>>A career so bad, that service doesn't seem so bad. Interesting. I hadn't thought of it that way.

I was at a large Court House yesterday. I couldn't help but notice how good looking, these professional men were, in their quality suits, ties, shoes and haircuts. These are real learned men, not Watch Tower wanna be's. Milling around are men with portfolio's, brief cases. Nary a Bible among them. This is them at work.

Watch Tower Society baptizes 12 year old boys, tell them, they are now Ordained Ministers. These boys will have out grown their first "preachers suit" several times over, before they are considered old enough in the USA to vote or marry. It is ludicrous that these teen-age people, are Ordained Ministers, and are told to spend their week-ends , knocking on doors, to preach to people who have been working all week and looking forward to some peace and quiet.

Which group of men/boys do you think have gotten to work for and realize their dreams? At age 30, both groups of men are wearing suits. Which group do You think, can think independently and have a chance at a great future?

Watch Tower Society, sells, Cracker Jack dreams. You get candy coated, nuts and corn and a little plastic toy that soon breaks and gets lost in the shuffle.

If I had a son. I wouldn't want him to get lost in the shuffle.

Listen to the Governing Body, Obey-Obey-Obey, these impotent, self serving, youth and money grasping men or spread your wings and think for yourself and have a Life.

That's all I am saying.

Just Lois

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If you wanted to go to College/University, how do you think you would fair, after paying off your Student Loans?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

if you go to college/university...where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

if you do not get higher learning, where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

or loss/saving for 40 years = $480,000.00.. someone else can compound the interest.. do you have a 5 year plan?

LoisLane looking for Superman

Hoser>>>>>I agree. A degree does not guarantee a job. It does widen your horizons, your choices in life, if that is what you desire. You get a chance to "butt heads", sharpen your learning and listening skills. It can pull down your fences, so you can study for yourself, not be spoon fed from cherry picked Watch Tower material. Depending on what you want to do with your life, any amount of College will be helpful on your resume, generally, over those who have just a High School diploma. I have heard, some places won't hire you if you have been to College. They are afraid that it might mean you are smarter than them and will take away their job.

Just Lois Just saying

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Please worship our god or he will kill you!

by snare&racket in

why were we so suprised people did not join in droves!

what an awful message we shared......

LoisLane looking for Superman

And you have to listen to me, because I am an Ordained 10 year old, 'cause they sold me...ah...told me I was, ah, am. lol

Just Lois

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If you wanted to go to College/University, how do you think you would fair, after paying off your Student Loans?

by LoisLane looking for Superman in

if you go to college/university...where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

if you do not get higher learning, where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?.

or loss/saving for 40 years = $480,000.00.. someone else can compound the interest.. do you have a 5 year plan?

LoisLane looking for Superman

If you go to College/University...where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?

If you do not get higher learning, where do you see yourself in 20 years, 50 years?

How far does your paycheck stretch now?

Single/Married...Children...Housing...Furniture...Clothing...Food...Car...Dental...Utilities...Vacation...Savings...Emergencies...Taxes...Entertainment.

Insurance...Health...Life...Dental... House...Contents...Car...Vacation.

If you are a pioneer, $10.00 x 30 hours = a loss of $300.00 every month. A loss of $3,600.00 per year. Or loss/saving for 40 years = $144,000.00.

If you are a pioneer, $20.00 x 30 hours = a loss of $600.00 every month. A loss of $7,200.00 per year. Or loss/saving for 40 years = $288,000.00.

If you are a pioneer, $10.00 x 50 hours = a loss of $500.00 every month. A loss of $6,000.00 per year. Or loss/saving for 40 years = $240,000.00.

If you are a pioneer, $20.00 x 50 hours = a loss of $1,000.00 every month. A loss of $12,000.00 per year. Or loss/saving for 40 years = $480,000.00.

Someone else can compound the interest.

Do you have a 5 year plan? 10 year plan? The Watch Tower Society does.

Do you have a Retirement plan in place?

If they can keep you down and ignorant, like an abusive mate does, it will be for their benefit, not yours.

Just Lois Plaining Speaking