“I shook myself; I was dreaming. As I went to bed the words of the eighth-grade class's teacher, when the class got to Evangeline , kept echoing in my ears: "We're coming to a long poem now, boys and girls. Now don't be babies and start counting the pages." I lay there like a baby, counting the pages over and over, counting the pages.” LongDreamGirlClassBoysTeacherBabyBedPagesEarsLaysGradesCountingBoy And GirlEighth Grade Book:A sad heart at the supermarket: essays & fables Source: A sad heart at the supermarket: essays & fables
“Christians should not be hostile, they should not hate, they should not judge, and they should not condemn. But they also must not shy away from real Truth and real Christianity. Just because so many have “itching ears” and “will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions” does not mean Christians should be willing to scratch that itch.” ShouldMeanDoeRealChristianHatePassionChristianityTeacherWillingJudgingEarsSuitsShyHostileScratchesReal TruthItchingReal Christianity Author:Erick Erickson
“The devil is not fighting religion. He's too smart for that. He is producing a counterfeit Christianity, so much like the real one that good Christians are afraid to speak out against it. We are plainly told in the Scriptures that in the last days men will not endure sound doctrine and will depart from the faith and heap to themselves teachers to tickle their ears. We live in an epidemic of this itch, and popular preachers have developed “ear-tickling” into a fine art.” MenArtRealChristianLastsFightingSpeakSoundChristianityTeacherFineSmartDevilEarsEndureScriptureDoctrinePreacherFine ArtsEpidemicsSpeaks OutLast DayGood ChristianCounterfeitReal OnesTicklingSound Doctrine Author:Vance Havner
“It would truly be a fine thing if men suffered themselves to be guided by reason, that they should acquiesce in the true remonstrances addressed to them by the writings of the learned and the advice of friends. But the greater part are so disposed that the words which enter by one ear do incontinently go out of the other, and begin again by following the custom. The best teacher one can have is necessity.” IfsMenShouldWritingReasonGreaterTeacherAdviceFineEarsFollowingCustomsBest TeacherBegin AgainFine Things Author:Francois de la Noue
“It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a "real teacher" for me. But she'd always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano. That was the main thing.” TryingRealHardTeachTeacherMomEarsPianoYour Mom Author:Birdy
“I went through eight years of classical piano lessons without being able to read notes. I only have to hear a melody to be able to play it. It used to freak my piano teacher out when he finally noticed that notes don't make any sense to me and that I played by ear.” YearsPlayAbleUsedTeacherLessonsEarsNotesEightPianoMelodyFreakPiano LessonPiano Teachers Author:Liam Howlett