Back
in the sixth form at school, I studied (or perhaps
more accurately – turned up for lessons) in
Geology. Epochs and eras, missing links, rocks and
strata .
. . all very interesting!
I
sat next to a good friend called Andy Moreton and sometimes
we got each other into trouble. One of our pastimes
was to ask “what is your favourite?” – Duncan
Grant (the teacher who liked us all to treat him as
a mate) was easy to distract. Anything from favourite
footballer to favourite pudding would while away half
a lesson.
I
discovered towards the end of my studies that Dunc
had told the year below they were “all like Hardingham
and Moreton – you don’t do enough work
and you will all fail!!” Needless to say this
was the only subject I ever revised for and took great
delight in visiting the class just to make sure DG
knew I had passed . . . with a decent grade – in
my opinion!
Anyway
. . . back to favourites. I was once removed from the
class because I told my favourite Joke and caused uproar – DG
missed the punch line and when I refused to re-tell,
he sent me out!
Another
lesson and I asked Andy what his favourite verse in
the bible was – His answer was Proverbs 5:3 – having
a bible in my bag, I looked up the verse:
“The
lips of another man’s wife are sweeter than
Honey”
Poor
Andy – “Anyone’s wife in particular?”
Grabbing
the bible he quickly demonstrated his mild dyslexia
and showed everyone Proverbs 3:5
“Trust
in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your
own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him
and He will make your path straight” |