Looking back on my own testings, I have mixed feelings. On one hand, I'm still proud of what I accomplished. The martial arts and the non-COL students were the best part of it all. On the other hand, I allowed my life to be taken over and aided, however indirectly, in the takeover of other lives. I wish the testing students well, in spite of Kimmie.
Failed Student, your comment, "madame progresses to get nastier as she ages and gains more followers" is only partly true. I doubt she is gaining more followers. She may be replacing a few that left, but the height of her popularity was in the mid-90s and I doubt she'll ever reach it again.
Kimmie rewards her followers for saying they are nothing without her. In fact the reverse is true. It is her followers who have provided her money, labor, publicity, and her status as a "teacher." And it is she who is ungrateful, not them.
Failed Student, your comment, "madame progresses to get nastier as she ages and gains more followers" is only partly true. I doubt she is gaining more followers. She may be replacing a few that left, but the height of her popularity was in the mid-90s and I doubt she'll ever reach it again.
Kimmie rewards her followers for saying they are nothing without her. In fact the reverse is true. It is her followers who have provided her money, labor, publicity, and her status as a "teacher." And it is she who is ungrateful, not them.
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