Hello, Maximus (loved Gladiator, btw),I'm with think41self on this issue -- this is a very touchy subject for
someone like me who was raised in the truth and has now reached
middle age. Although I finally enrolled in school last summer, it will
be years before I get a degree since I have so many other obligations,
and the degree is likely to do me no good. But hey, learning is fun, and
I love the classroom environment.What I'd like to know is does the Society really expect the r/f to swallow
the direction to forsake a college education in this day and age? Has
there been no real growth in understanding over this issue? We have
entered the information age, and along with an economy that has forever
changed the way business is done globally, the days of getting out of high
school and going to work at the local factory is over. When I graduated
from hs in '76, there were places where one could hope to go to work and
feed a family, but many places like that have disappeared or readjusted
for the global economy. When once a hs diploma was needed, now a degree
is a must before one can even get an interview with a prospective employer.Secondly, I wonder how the information will be received by young ones, or
by their parents. I wonder how widespread the notion is of "waiting on
Jehovah."peace,
todd~who's been inactive for years
someone like me who was raised in the truth and has now reached
middle age. Although I finally enrolled in school last summer, it will
be years before I get a degree since I have so many other obligations,
and the degree is likely to do me no good. But hey, learning is fun, and
I love the classroom environment.What I'd like to know is does the Society really expect the r/f to swallow
the direction to forsake a college education in this day and age? Has
there been no real growth in understanding over this issue? We have
entered the information age, and along with an economy that has forever
changed the way business is done globally, the days of getting out of high
school and going to work at the local factory is over. When I graduated
from hs in '76, there were places where one could hope to go to work and
feed a family, but many places like that have disappeared or readjusted
for the global economy. When once a hs diploma was needed, now a degree
is a must before one can even get an interview with a prospective employer.Secondly, I wonder how the information will be received by young ones, or
by their parents. I wonder how widespread the notion is of "waiting on
Jehovah."peace,
todd~who's been inactive for years