Posts by GrreatTeacher

i'm really interested in this question because i've heard for years that if you forgo further education and go pioneering, when you have a family down the track you will get a good job because jehovah will provide for you because you pioneered.

as long as i was a kool-aid drinker, even then, i thought, "how does pioneering pay your bills?

surely education should come first.

GrreatTeacher

I finally got my 4 year degree at age 37. I'm now working on my Masters degree which you really need in education. I just can't compete without it. I'm woefully underemployed right now.

But, I was out at age 19. The real issue is that the Organization really screwed with my head and my mental health. I had a nervous breakdown at age 18 when I was disfellowshipped and didn't get help for it until a year later when I walked away after being reinstated. I started college part time and worked part time after I was married and that was all I could handle. I finished my associates degree,

Then I got pregnant. I had a beautiful baby and promptly sunk into a horrendous postpartum depression that lasted 3 and a half years. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, postpartum onset. I went back to school part time again and finished my four year degree when my son was 7.

The problem now is that I just don't have any resilience. I have done long term sub positions and they absolutely wipe me out. I need the whole weekend to recover. I now work part time as a tutor and am working on my Masters degree, but I am just exhausted. My son is in middle school and I still have to come home from work and do homework with him. He has ADHD and needs a lot of support. I'm just exhausted and I'm not even "there" yet.

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Visit from JW relatives..

by NVR2L8 in

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GrreatTeacher

I have finally come upon the strategy of dead silence when anything JW related comes up and its been pretty effective. In fact, my dad has told me that my mom recognizes what I'm doing and it frustrates her to no end.

But, the fact is that there can't be a conversation when only one party is talking.

I used to get angry when my mom spoke to me like an outsider that hadn't lived as a JW all my life, but now I force her to deal with me as a non JW and explain all the ridiculousness.

For example, "Dad and I have applied to go to the international convention in Hawaii!"

Me: That's really weird. Why would you have to apply?

Mom: Well, they want to make sure they have enough room for everyone.

Me: (puzzled and incredulous face)

I have learned that this forces her to think about how whatever she's saying really sounds to normal people.

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Recent Visit with my Wife's Family

by Imminent1975 in

i have been inactive for going on five years after an accerated fade.

my wife followed shortly after.

we recently went to visit her parents that know that we don't go to the meetings, and it bothers them but they don't know what to do, as they really can't do much.

GrreatTeacher

"So" is a good conversation stopper.

Reminds me of a popular non sequitur around Baltimore (home of the Orioles baseball team) that you throw out when someone says something awkward, and it stops the conversation in its tracks:

"So, how 'bout them O's?"

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New Tactic

by sprintcmp in

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28166192.

i had not seen much of this even in the chicago area, but in small town bloomington-normal, il (pop.

150,000) i have seen this new tactic for the last two days at a busy train/bus station which is located in the heart of town.

GrreatTeacher

So, I see you have seen the new Apathy Trollies.

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Those Jehovah's Witness Assemblies & Conventions Suck!

by minimus in

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i read about them here, on the board.

i am so thankful that i choose not to go anymore..

GrreatTeacher

I don't get the hooker thing. Is it really that hard to get some?

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Do You Like or Dislike Algebra? Why and Why not?

by Scott77 in

july 28, 2012is algebra necessary?by andrew hacker .

a typical american school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with algebra.

in both high school and college, all too many students are expected to fail.

GrreatTeacher

Not all problems on multiple choice tests are designed to be solved. Some are there to test concepts that, if you had the knowledge, you could eliminate all the other answers.

Let's try an example using calculating a tip.

Find the dollar amount of a 10% tip on a $28 bill.

a. $5.40

b. $5.60

c. $2.80

d. $0.28

The knowledgeable student knows he only needs to move the decimal place one place to the left. So the actual numerals are not changing. This means that a and b are obviously incorrect. Now consider c and b. The numerals are the same as the $28 amount. But in c the decima point was moved 1 place to the left while in d it was moved 2 places to the left.What is the rule when multiplying by factors of 10? Only move the decimal one place to the left.

So, the teacher is likely only giving you the time to really think about two answers since the first two are so obviously wrong.

How do teachers choose the other wrong options on test? I chose b because it represented 20% If we had been working with lots of 20% tips in class a lazy reader or rigid thinker might automatically go for choice b. I just learned something about that student. I chose a because it represents a math error on the 20% tip. This means all of the above, plus their calculation skills are poor.

How about this problem?

Which represents 80% of 200?

A 16000

B 280

C 1000

D 160

You should be able to look at that and immediately know the answer is D because it's the only answer that is less than the original number 200. When you multiply a whole number by a fraction, the answer is always smaller. As a teacher, I dont want you to solve that problem, I just want to know that you understand that concept.

Maybe you can figure out the errors in the wrong options and then the concepts that I would then have to reteach.

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Merry 4th, gimme a fifth!

by zed is dead in

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he's going to end up, on the dirty boulevard.

get to end up, on the dirty boulevard.

i want to fly away.

GrreatTeacher

Happy 4th of July, everyone. Stay safe around those fireworks.