Welcome Galileo. Wonderful read. I started to read the 2nd part and then noticed you'd linked to this. I'm anxious to read part 2, but just wanted to say that I have recently had arguments with active JWS about this. They swear to others on the board that I'm lying about the education bounderies. I even quoted the Watchtower and the recent assembly talk about it. They still "play" like it's not true.
I was an honor roll student. In college prep classes and wanted to major in art. My mother literally took me out of school in 10th grade to wait for Armageddon.