The Unvarnished Truth
Story★★★After a year on the job, our band teacher asked for the unvarnished truth: “How’d I do?”
The response was favorable, but one student did suggest, “You shouldn’t always compare us with your other classes.”
Our teacher was stung. “The other band class never complained about that.”
Charlotte Chung, Reader’s Digest, February 2008, 218.
The point
A band teacher asks for honest feedback but is stung when a student offers a mild criticism, revealing the difficulty of accepting the unvarnished truth.
Scripture
Ephesians 4:15Proverbs 12:1
Audience
AdultsYouth
Tone
Humorous · Sobering
To tell aloud
under a minute · 55 words