Posts by GrreatTeacher

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From 1788 to 2015. How Australia has changed.

by Esse quam videri in

january 25, 1788 - .

- the first 9 ships to carry prisoners from britain arrived at port jackson.

nine ships carrying 759 convicts and their guards left portsmouth on may 13, 1787, and arrived at what would be the first penal colony in australia, new south wales.

GrreatTeacher

I'm very impressed with the Aussies right now!

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Dude, JW's are getting crushed by the committie!

by thedepressedsoul in

i've been catching up on the videos and news articles.

the elders, lawyers, branch members, hired reports are all getting slammed!

that dude has a response and point to bring up on everything!

GrreatTeacher

Really crazy that none of them seemed to have read the witness statements.

Why? It's stupid on their part to not read up on the relevant information before testifying. It shows disrespect for the proceedings and also handicaps themselves.

Dumb, dumb and dumber.

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Won't get fooled again ...Moon Landing.

by The Rebel in

jw
friends

so i was fooled by the witnesses.

what can i learn from that?

not to accept things at face value but to seek out opinion and different view points.. hence my question " do you believe man landed on the moon?.

GrreatTeacher

Won't get fooled again...Conspiracy Theories

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Will the Watchtower ever turn against K-12 public education?

by cappytan in

jw
friends

when i was in school, you never heard about critical thinking skills...not till you started taking college level courses.. i work closely with the public education community.

now, the big rage in public education is instilling critical thinking skills from kindergarten on up.. and i'm in texas!

imagine what it's like in more liberal areas.. i would not be surprised if the watchtower started denigrating and discouraging public education (k-12).. it would likely start like this: .

GrreatTeacher

My mother is always saying that she would never send kids to public schools nowadays. But, she sent all of us kids to public school. We're all over 30.

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To DA or not to DA, that is the question?

by dubstepped in

let me preface this by saying that i don't expect anyone here to make my decision for me.

i do however note that like the bible says, in the multitude of counselors there is wisdom, and this is a huge decision, so i wanted to put it out there for discussion.

i really appreciate your words of wisdom, as this affects not just me but my wife also, as we find ourselves in the same boat.

GrreatTeacher

Dubstepped, you don't have to hide anything. You don't have to talk about it even if others confront you and you can just ignore the elders if they invite you to a jc.

Just walk away.

It's a mental step and I understand that it's difficult

But, you owe them nothing. Not even a conversation.

This is not fading. This is walking away and damn the consequences.

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the monsters inc. hierarchy taught its workforce to use scare tactics to achieve its goals.. it took sully & mikey to reveal that love & laughter was far more effective - and beneficial for everyone concerned!.

interesting concept, but it'll never catch on!

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GrreatTeacher

That was my son's favorite movie when he was about a year and a half old.

He was never afraid of things hiding in the closet. I think he was kinda wishing for Mike and Sully to jump out of his closet one night.

I know as a teacher, in general, love and laughter work better than scare tactics as well

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Damn.....totally not diggin this....

by brandnew in

jw
friends

ok, im gonna try makin this as short as i can, cuz im still pissed.. my father is elderly, needs me to drive him to meetings.

it takes 30 minutes to drive there, so i stay for the meeting, i dress in slacks and a nice shirt ..in respect for pops.

going back home , would be pissing in the wind.....i would just have to turn around 20 minutes after getting there.. well elders asked me to the back room, and said im doing a good job taking care of my father, and that it looks like im well on my way to getting reinstated soon....wtf???.

GrreatTeacher

Sometimes I wonder if I could ever give my parents a ride to the hall in their old age and dependence.

I don't think I could. It would be like sharing in their sins...

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You Tube Video Ex-Betheliite Ex-Walkill Worker Layed Off!

by cha ching in

i am not sure if this guy is really from bethel, or walkill, but if he is....this poor guy really tells it like it is from the heart.

he was surprised.. at the 'oh so fast, pack your bags, get your stuff outta here' layoff !.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1xh1egjcu

GrreatTeacher

Okay, brother johnson.

Go get lost in a sea of semantics that only serve to distract you from the big picture.

Watchtower takes advantage of their non-employees, not only treating them without the high standards of God's true organization, but worse than even a worldly corporation would, not giving severence pay or access to unemployment insurance.

I hope you're never an employee in a company that just gets rid of you after 4 years with no warning just because they think someone else might be able to do it better. Or, they get rid of you after 25 years because you just can't work as hard as you used to. Or, better yet, they get rid of you right before you are eligible to retire because they don't want to get stuck with paying your pension or retiree health care.

Most of these things are illegal, or at the least, unethical. But "God's Organization" gets away with doing all of these things simply because they are a religious order. Oh, and they don't have to pay you either because you sign a vow of poverty.

Sounds like a great place to work! And if you were ever there, I have no idea why you didn't stay!

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You Tube Video Ex-Betheliite Ex-Walkill Worker Layed Off!

by cha ching in

i am not sure if this guy is really from bethel, or walkill, but if he is....this poor guy really tells it like it is from the heart.

he was surprised.. at the 'oh so fast, pack your bags, get your stuff outta here' layoff !.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk1xh1egjcu

GrreatTeacher

Fisherman, fisherman, fisherman.

No, lay offs do not mean there is an expectation to be called back to work.

Lay offs are when people are just let go. Usually for reductions in force.

Maybe you are thinking of furloughs?

But, it's okay because bethelites can just apply for unemployment insurance. No, oh wait, you can't.

Or how about a few weeks' severence pay so you can get back on your feet? Oh, no, wait, they don't do that either.

So what exactly is it that keeps the Watchtower from being the vultures that they are behaving like?

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Futility of being right

by JWdaughter in

so, on another thread, about pluto, grreat teacher said something that speaks to my feelings about religon.

"i've kinda been sad since pluto has been demoted to dwarf planet.. you talk about 9 planets and all the little kids at school will correct you real quick and tell you that now there are only 8 planets in the solar system!".

nothing in the universe has changed but the opinion of men.

GrreatTeacher

How did I miss this thread?

I found it really freeing when I finally realized I didn't have to have an opinion on every little thing. Some things just aren't even worth expending thought over.

What's my opinion on whether bridge tolls should be raised to cover a deficit elsewhere?

Guess what? I don't have to have an immediate opinion and I can choose to just let it go and not devote any more thought to it. After all, we all have a limited daily cognitive capacity and I don't have to waste further energy on it if I choose not to.

Maybe I can instead think up a creative menu for dinner or save mental energy for the demands of my teenager.

My point is that you decide what to think about. You're in charge of your thoughts. You decide where and upon what to spend your mental and emotional energy.

And sometimes saying, "I don't know," is not only a valid, but a purposeful response.

This is why when they ask," paper or plastic?" I always just say, "It doesn't matter."