50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School Real-World Antidotes to Feel-Good Education

Name: 50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School Real-World Antidotes to Feel-Good Education
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ISBN: 9780312360382

ISBN-10: 031236038X

ISBN-13: 9780312360382

Edition: 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Charles J. Sykes

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Charles J. Sykes offers life lessons that are not included in the curriculum for most children today: honest advice about what they will encounter in the "real world" post-schooling and how their parents can help them best prepare--not with cushy self-esteem talks, but rather with honest challenges. His 50 lessons are frank, sometimes harsh, and often hilarious, including: #1 Life is not fair. Get used to it. #15 Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it "opportunity."#43 Don't let the success of other depress you. #48 Tell yourself the story of your life. Have a point. Sykes elaborates on each of his points,…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 8/21/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English