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“With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.”

Want Writing Children Hands Able School Parent Study Special Demand Tests Ears My Children Shakes Statistics Contracts Public School Accounting Calculus Preps Special Education

Author:Amity Shlaes

“The first things I did when I got out of school in '65 was to buy a pair of Levis and pierce my ears.”

Firsts School Ears Pairs Pierce

Author:Mink Stole

“I also went to art school and learned to play a piano there, but I play by ear.”

Art Play School Ears Piano Art School

Author:John Mayall

“Wildness was ever sounding in our ears, and Nature saw to it that besides school lessons some of her own lessons should be learned, perhaps with a view to the time when we should be called to wander in wildness to our heart’s content.”

Should Heart School Views Saws Lessons Ears Wander Wildness

Book:The Wilderness Journeys

Source: The Wilderness Journeys

“One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears.”

Problem School Certain Hurt Silence Ears Hearing Noise Loud Bells Sensitivity Dentist Sensory Drills Loud Noises

Author:Temple Grandin

“Begin your story with a sentence that will immediately grab hold of your listener's ears like a surly nun in a Catholic school.”

Stories School Ears Catholic Sentences Storytelling Listeners Nun Catholic School Surly

Author:Amy Sedaris

“I was 16 when I came to New York. I had graduated to a tenor banjo in the school jazz band, and it was kind of boring - just chords, chords, chords. Then my father took me to a mountain music and dance festival in Asheville, North Carolina, and there I saw relatively uneducated people playing great music by ear.”

People Kind School Father Saws New York Band Mountain Ears Jazz Boring Festivals Chords Great Music Carolina Uneducated North Carolina Tenors Music And Dance Banjos Jazz Band Asheville

Author:Pete Seeger