Posts by GrreatTeacher

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Chipotle says employees can make $100,000 after just 3 years on the job

by Iamallcool in

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https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/10/business/chipotle-wage-increase/index.html .

GrreatTeacher

Not impressed. Of course SOMEBODY will make $100,000 after 3 years of job promotions. Not the average person. The average person will be lucky to make $15 an hour which is not enough to live on.

That's like Mary Kay who claims all their recruits can drive pink Cadillacs. No, only a very tiny percentage of people, and if they don't make their sales for one month they lose it. Look at the website Pink Truth. It's an addictive rabbit hole about the cult of Mary Kay. So many JW vibes.

Advertising about the amount that a handful of employees will make in 3 years time is no way to fill empty jobs. People want to know what they can actually expect to make. Maybe offering an upfront signing bonus would do the job better. Or creating better schedules where people aren't knocked off the schedule when it's not busy and then demanded to come in with only 24 hours notice. They have that reputation. So maybe they should fix that problem. People don't want to be treated like robots. If they want robots, then they should get some.

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Proud Parent - My son just got accepted to the University of Maryland!

by GrreatTeacher in

i'm so proud of my son.

he has persevered through 2 years of community college.

three of those semesters were at home because covid19 shut in person classes.

GrreatTeacher

He is studying engineering, though he's still not sure which type. He'll probably take a few classes of different types to see which one he prefers.

He's most interested in civil engineering or possibly mechanical, but also is looking into electrical engineering because it's lucrative.

They also have aerospace, but that's not a forerunner.

He took the high school engineering track so has some experience with the field.

University of Maryland is a school where internships are pushed so he can hopefully get some real world experience to help him decide.

In general, it's a school where students are eager to get internships, credentials and employment directly upon graduation. It's not so much a "let's have a great fun university experience so we can look back on it fondly for years to come" type school. It's a serious research institution and the students are driven.

They also have great government and defense industry contacts since it's located right by Washington DC.

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Proud Parent - My son just got accepted to the University of Maryland!

by GrreatTeacher in

i'm so proud of my son.

he has persevered through 2 years of community college.

three of those semesters were at home because covid19 shut in person classes.

GrreatTeacher

Update: My son did get that $9,000 annual scholarship for two years! That's basically full tuition, though we have to come up with room and board.

He has to maintain a 3.2 GPA and take 30 credits per year, but that's it. He should be able to do that!

That takes a huge financial burden off of us.

Again, beyond proud! There was an essay involved and then an interview process.

School has never been easy peasy for him. He has to work at it. So, getting a merit scholarship is huge.

Just thought I'd share for those who are interested.

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I am still not able to solve this God's name paradox...

by psyco in

i am finishing to read the entire bible (nwt 2013) for my first time (my fault) and i wrote down hundreds, maybe thousands, of questions not clear to me, but one especially came in my mind meditating on god's name.. if i wanted to summarize the entire bible in one phrase i would say (even before the kingdom): god’s name sanctification.. god is jealous about his name.

he does everything for the love of his name, and he wants to be called and prayed using his name.

no doubt about all this (repeated several times in the bible), but it involves the pronunciation of his name.. god left us his name in the form of יהוה which is unpronounceable.

GrreatTeacher

Yeah, OTWO, I agree. I always thought the bible could be summed up this way:

Old Testament: "I'm the biggest and baddest and I win! Love, God"

New Testament: "Aww, He ain't that bad! Love, Jesus"

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I am still not able to solve this God's name paradox...

by psyco in

i am finishing to read the entire bible (nwt 2013) for my first time (my fault) and i wrote down hundreds, maybe thousands, of questions not clear to me, but one especially came in my mind meditating on god's name.. if i wanted to summarize the entire bible in one phrase i would say (even before the kingdom): god’s name sanctification.. god is jealous about his name.

he does everything for the love of his name, and he wants to be called and prayed using his name.

no doubt about all this (repeated several times in the bible), but it involves the pronunciation of his name.. god left us his name in the form of יהוה which is unpronounceable.

GrreatTeacher

I'm still stuck on the summary of the bible as the sanctification of God's name.

I've only ever heard the word "sanctification " used by JWs. I don't think it's intuitive at all.

I wonder what JWs mean when they use that word. It's obviously a JW buzzword.

I don't think someone reading the Bible on their own would come up with that as the theme of the bible without previous JW input.

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Blood Plasma hair treatment

by Steel in

i am a balding man.

mid 40s.

i just shave it really close so it’s looks like a choice.

GrreatTeacher

Ask her.

I wouldn't be pissed if my husband did it, but I damn sure would be pissed if suddenly $1000 was missing without explanation.

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Woke Oscars cringe

by LoveUniHateExams in

actors' acceptance speeches have often been a little dodgy - viewers don't care what political or social views actors may have, we typically appreciate actors acting well.. this year's oscars awards ceremony seems to be going above and beyond, however.. here's frances mcdormand's acceptance speech, in which she dedicates her victory to 'our wolf' and then howls like a bitch, lol.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_be0awgwk.

GrreatTeacher

Seems so. To me, there has to be a good story first of all, plot, theme, characters, all of it. That's why I'm a book reader.

Movies can tell great stories, too. The characters, actors, setting, storyline can all come alive with good filmmaking.

An example of the same story told in two different films about 30 years apart:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Firstly, this was a book, so the great story was there.

The 1970s version was great. The characters came alive. Gene Wilder played and understated but brilliant Willy Wonka. There were memorable songs, memorable lines.

Do you know how many times I've said, "I want a golden goose, Daddy. And I want it now!" to whiney, entitled children? No? Me, either, but it's a lot.

The Johnny Depp version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from the aughts was terrible. All the characterization focused on him and left all the others flat. And, his acting was pretty terrible, though the costuming was good. It just wasn't a good film, and it was the same story!

I really appreciate a good film, but it's all got to come together and that just doesn't happen very much for me. So. I don't waste my time much on movies because the ratio of good films to bad is so low.

But I'll watch documentaries all day. I never find them boring.

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3 Types of People?

by minimus in

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friends

as a rule, there are 3 types.

one is the dramatic over the top person where a hangnail means you might have to get your finger cut off.. the second type is —who me, worry?

i’m not going to let too much of anything bother me unless it really is armageddon.. the third type is the person in between.

GrreatTeacher

There are 3 phases in a guy's life:

First you believe in Santa Claus.

Then you don't believe in Santa Claus.

Finally you look like Santa Claus.

Hmm...the JW version may vary.🤔😀

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What’s Your View On Self Defense?

by minimus in

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friends

if someone comes to you with a knife or a gun, would you defend yourself if you could?

if someone tried to beat you up , would you physically engage, run away or just try to talk the person out of beating you up or robbing you?

if you did have a gun to defend yourself would you shoot to kill or would you simply aim for the ankle to incapacitate the person?

GrreatTeacher

Public Service Announcement: You DO NOT have to take your shirt off to fight!

When my husband was young, there was a running dispute with the guys one neighborhood over.

They ran around wearing white "wife beaters" threatening, " Don't MAKE ME take my shirt off!"

Of course that was too good to pass up, so, he ran his mouth until the other guy went ahead and pulled his shirt over his head, and Bam! one kick to the groin and one punch to the jaw and the guy was down.

Hubby got away with one parting shot, "Silly rabbit, you don't have to take your shirt off to fight!"

So, what is up with that? Do people the world over take their shirts off to fight or was that just a local peculiarity ?

I mean, it's pretty stupid. You leave yourself blind there when your shirt's over your head. . .

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Netherlands: victims of abuse in Jehovah's Witnesses fear ‘witch hunt’

by yalbmert99 in

netherlands: victims of abuse in jehovah's witnesses fear ‘witch hunt’.

https://www.msn.com/nl-nl/nieuws/binnenland/misbruikslachtoffers-jehova-s-getuigen-vrezen-heksenjacht/ar-bb1g3h9g.

GrreatTeacher

I would too. You participate in a survey about JW sexual abuse and then the JWs want the info?

That should not be the way it works.