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  I've got a Problem - exam tomorrow, and I can't get interested

  by fulltimestudent in

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  by 09:20 tomorrow morning i've got to front up for an exam ( in my study unit, the new testament in its times).

  and, even though two of the questions are known to me (and all the students sitting for the exam) - i'm finding it hard to concentrate.

  the problem is not helped by having a dose of the flu - but i'm just finding it so hard to focus..

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  GrreatTeacher

  Yes, this idealistic young man realized that trouble in the world was caused by toxic relationships and he then created his teachings on better ways to conduct relationships.

  Yet, when people used those ideas to create new communities, these communities seemed to suffer from much the same problems as the original troubled world.

  So, did the Jesus experiment work or is there nothing to gain from his life and his new religion?

  Is this the way it goes with all who try to change the world for the better?

  Can people learn new ways of living?

  Interesting thoughts.
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  What's your personality type? Myers-Briggs test

  by frankiespeakin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  take this 72 yes/no question test to find out.. http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp.

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  GrreatTeacher

  INTP, though the T is only a score of 1.

  We're systems thinkers and that certainly rings true for me. Complex systems like mathematics, languages and computer systems. I teach grade school math.

  Ive always thought, give me the "big idea" and I'll work out the details. When you only have to have an understanding of the big idea, you don't have to waste brain space on memorizing small details, for example, formulas.

  But, I realize that some people don't think like that. They need to know the details first and then put them all together to get the big ideas.

  Sometimes it's hard coming up with lessons that reach out to both types of minds.
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  I've got a Problem - exam tomorrow, and I can't get interested

  by fulltimestudent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  by 09:20 tomorrow morning i've got to front up for an exam ( in my study unit, the new testament in its times).

  and, even though two of the questions are known to me (and all the students sitting for the exam) - i'm finding it hard to concentrate.

  the problem is not helped by having a dose of the flu - but i'm just finding it so hard to focus..

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  GrreatTeacher

  Let us know how your exam went, fulltimestudent.
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  5th anniversary Of Michael Jackson's passing

  by designs in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  perhaps the best known of the celebrity jws and certainly the most controversial with the allegations that followed him to his death.. he was a good song writer and had the best in the music industry at his side.

  the incredible quincy jones guided the "thriller" and "bad" albums to phenominal world wide sales.. i knew jws who were in the same kh with him and his mother.

  the stories and gossip were fodder in the los angeles area.

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  GrreatTeacher

  I remember when Thriller came out we were forbidden to listen to it because MJ was disfellowshipped at the time and listening to his music would be associating with him.

  I still listened to it, though.
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  99.9% Of a People Who Believe In Evolution Don't Understand It.

  by Space Madness in

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  i never believed in evolution as i thought it didn't make sense and that what was proposed was simply impossible.

  how could an environment alter an organism's dna?

  as we can see however, bacteria cannot become resistance to antibiotics.

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  GrreatTeacher

  sd 7, if you can find me such a picture, I will definitely install it as my avatar.
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  99.9% Of a People Who Believe In Evolution Don't Understand It.

  by Space Madness in

  1. jw
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  i never believed in evolution as i thought it didn't make sense and that what was proposed was simply impossible.

  how could an environment alter an organism's dna?

  as we can see however, bacteria cannot become resistance to antibiotics.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Rethinking it, Snare, was your comment to me directed at my post 185 about reading comprehension, not post 188 about the textbook creating more misconceptions than it was clearing up?

  I'm still scratching my head about your comment.
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  99.9% Of a People Who Believe In Evolution Don't Understand It.

  by Space Madness in

  1. jw
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  i never believed in evolution as i thought it didn't make sense and that what was proposed was simply impossible.

  how could an environment alter an organism's dna?

  as we can see however, bacteria cannot become resistance to antibiotics.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Space, the misconception that there is no such thing as antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
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  99.9% Of a People Who Believe In Evolution Don't Understand It.

  by Space Madness in

  1. jw
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  i never believed in evolution as i thought it didn't make sense and that what was proposed was simply impossible.

  how could an environment alter an organism's dna?

  as we can see however, bacteria cannot become resistance to antibiotics.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Not sure where you're coming from, Snare. I understood the textbook.

  Just pointing out the irony of a textbook that stated it was clearing up erroneous thinking which then caused such a misunderstanding in SpaceMadness.
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  JW Kids Who Lack Sincerity: Are You In The Flipping Truth Or Not?

  by Apognophos in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  did any of you know a jw youth who didn't seem to really even try to be sincere about the "truth"?

  not someone who led a double life while pretending to be a goody-goody jw.

  i mean the kind of kid who went to the meetings and did field service while making minimal effort at maintaining a pretense of being a true believer?.

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  GrreatTeacher

  Apog, how do you know they hadn't considered the truth of the religion?
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  99.9% Of a People Who Believe In Evolution Don't Understand It.

  by Space Madness in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i never believed in evolution as i thought it didn't make sense and that what was proposed was simply impossible.

  how could an environment alter an organism's dna?

  as we can see however, bacteria cannot become resistance to antibiotics.

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  GrreatTeacher

  The irony is that the textbook was attempting to clear up a supposedly common misconception and succeeded in creating even more misconceptions.