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Cults to Consciousness

Life After MENNONITES with an 8th Grade Education (Discovering the “English” World)

Cults to Consciousness

Shelise Ann Sola, Jonathan C Rosales

Society & Culture

4.8570 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In the Old Colony Mennonites in Texas where JT was raised, education was only a priority up until 8th grade or age 13. After he escaped into the Military as soon as they would take him, he quickly realized he was either lied to or important information was left out. He ended up getting his GED at 21 years old. Learn how he navigated the "English" world with limited knowledge and a drive to succeed. 

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, welcome back to Colts to Consciousness. My name is Shalise Ancela, you are host,

0:05.2

and I love it when you guys join us live. So thank you so much for being here.

0:09.1

Make sure to leave those questions, comments in the chat below. We will be answering questions

0:13.8

soon. Today we have on a guest, we have back on a guest who everybody loves. Of course, I knew

0:19.9

they would. He is a ball of sunshine, and he's

0:23.6

currently traveling for work as a flight attendant. He grew up in the Mennonites, and he's going to

0:28.4

tell you which settlement and all about them. Thank you for coming back, J.T. Thank you for having

0:34.4

me again. So yeah, my name is J.T. I grew up in Seminole, Texas, among the old

0:40.2

colony Mennonites. Some people from back home will probably connect or correct me and be like,

0:44.8

you were at Rhein Lamba, you were an old colony. So my church is a small offshoot,

0:50.0

but our like genetic group is called Old Colony Mennonites. so, yeah, I grew up in Seminole, Texas. I was

0:56.3

partially homeschooled until about sixth grade. And then I went to the private Mennonite school

1:03.0

until 13 years old, after which I worked full time, got my GED, and then joined the military.

1:08.9

And did that for four years.

1:11.1

Wasn't really my thing.

1:13.2

Got out of it.

1:14.9

And so now here I am.

1:16.7

As a flight attendant, I'm in Green Bay, Wisconsin today.

1:21.1

Here for like 12 hours.

1:22.6

So got in at 2 a.m. yesterday.

1:24.5

So super glamorous.

1:26.3

Yeah, that's just like my little elevator speech.

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