I like to call my parents when I get good grades. I got an A- on a test last week and the first thing I did was call my Mom. I don't really know how they rationalize me doing better now that I'm not a JW and LIVING AT SCHOOL. Cognitive dissonance never ceases to amaze me.

As far as other JW's, I ALWAYS tell them that I'm doing better now than I've EVER done in school and honestly I don't think anyone knows what to say.

I think I've been viewed as some kind of ultimate outlier. It's like SuperPunk said... if you do well it's because Satan is helping you. If you do poorly it's because Jehovah is punishing you. When I was flunking out of school because of Post Cult Syndrome my Mom said Jehovah was trying to tell me something. What's he trying to tell me now?

-Dave

“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.' They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.”

- John Lennon