Posts by GrreatTeacher

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Some JW on the street, my reaction...

by sp74bb in

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today i had some of my worst experiences.

i saw a jw group walking on preaching.

one of them knows me well, we share a lot of week-end on rbc.. my first reaction was rage and nerves.

GrreatTeacher

Good on you for keeping eye contact. Did they look away?

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Why?

by SuperBoy in

why does the wtbs do what it does?

if it's just to make money, they are easier ways.

online bingo websites for example.. what is the motivation to have millions of followers "voluntarily" giving of their time?

Donation Changes-Elders Meeting

by XBEHERE in

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so we had our elders meeting to discuss the 3/29 lboe...it was was many of you expressed.

below are some of the quotes from the elders:.

"we just need to keep the focus on jehovah's work, remind the friends of this".

GrreatTeacher

Yes, my parents are always talking about "one of the friends" when telling me about someone in their hall.

It's a phrase that's often used in elementary schools around here. It turns my stomach every time I hear another teacher say something like, "When one of our friends is speaking, we need to be respectful..."

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17 April 1907

by compound complex in

busiest day at ellis island: 11,747 immigrants processed.. did any of your great grandparents pass through those portals?.

cc.

GrreatTeacher

My husband's family came over from Poland at about that time. They settled in a Polish enclave in an East coast city. For many years, they admonished their children to marry other Polish folks. By the early 1990s, it was reduced to, "Marry a nice Catholic girl." So, my husband married a nice Jehovah's Witness. LOL. That didn't go over so well at first.

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Any gay exJW's?

by Trapped in JW land in

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friends

was just wondering how many gay exjw's were on this site, and how did you deal with being in this organization?

and also, how did you end up leaving?.

GrreatTeacher

I loved the magic red lava lamp!

Good film clip. Exchange one of the guys for a girl and its a love story that anyone could relate to.

So, really, even with 2 guys everybody should be able to relate to it.

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HOME SCHOOL and the upcoming generation of scientifically illiterate kids

by Terry in

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friends

when i worked for a book store i became familiar with beka text books for home school.. i spoke with the mothers who came looking for them.

i realized something didn't smell right.. then, i realized there are a couple of generations of fundamentalist kids who have had no exposure.

to the scientific method, science facts or any conversancy with physics or biology or history as a result of beka textbooks.. in a nutshell here is the situation:.

GrreatTeacher

And why do you seem so put upon just because myself and others are doing the critical thinking that you advocate?

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HOME SCHOOL and the upcoming generation of scientifically illiterate kids

by Terry in

jw
friends

when i worked for a book store i became familiar with beka text books for home school.. i spoke with the mothers who came looking for them.

i realized something didn't smell right.. then, i realized there are a couple of generations of fundamentalist kids who have had no exposure.

to the scientific method, science facts or any conversancy with physics or biology or history as a result of beka textbooks.. in a nutshell here is the situation:.

GrreatTeacher

You say, Shadow, that you neither advocate nor condemn one choice over the other, but you seem to only be able to advocate for homeschooling without finding any balancing information about its downside. That makes you appear biased.

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HOME SCHOOL and the upcoming generation of scientifically illiterate kids

by Terry in

jw
friends

when i worked for a book store i became familiar with beka text books for home school.. i spoke with the mothers who came looking for them.

i realized something didn't smell right.. then, i realized there are a couple of generations of fundamentalist kids who have had no exposure.

to the scientific method, science facts or any conversancy with physics or biology or history as a result of beka textbooks.. in a nutshell here is the situation:.

GrreatTeacher

Consider the source: collegeathome.com.

Biased?

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HOME SCHOOL and the upcoming generation of scientifically illiterate kids

by Terry in

jw
friends

when i worked for a book store i became familiar with beka text books for home school.. i spoke with the mothers who came looking for them.

i realized something didn't smell right.. then, i realized there are a couple of generations of fundamentalist kids who have had no exposure.

to the scientific method, science facts or any conversancy with physics or biology or history as a result of beka textbooks.. in a nutshell here is the situation:.

GrreatTeacher

Shadow, your article is about homeschooled kids who have gotten into college. It has nothing to say about all of the homeschooled kids who don't make it there.

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Did anyone in the congregation discourage you from going to college?

by Trapped in JW land in

i remember being out on service with an elder when i was 17. he asked me what i plan on doing after high school.

i told him i was thinking of going to college to be a teacher.

he then asked me, "do you think this system is going to be around that long"?

GrreatTeacher

I also have to say that it's a crime to take a very bright child and deny them the expansion of their intellect.

I walked away from the WT when I was 19, but had been bright enough to understand every bit of doctrine. And also bright enough to realize there was a problem with that doctrine. I was able to realize that there was some manipulation of logic, though I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Just based on that, I decided I needed to get out. Best. Decision. Ever.

Then with the advent of the internet, it all started to make sense. They were manipulators. It verified for me what I had had a gut feeling about years earlier. I was so glad I had made the choice I did.