"Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned."---Mark Twain
Charles J. Sykes offers fifty life lessons not included in the
self-esteem-laden, reality-light curriculum of most schools. Here
are truths about what kids will encounter in the world
post-schooling, and ideas for how parents can reclaim lost
ground---not with pep talks and touchy-feely negotiations, but with
honesty and respect. Sykes's rules are frank, funny, and tough
minded, including:
#1 Life is not fair. Get used to it.
#7 If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss.
He doesn't have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you
screw up, he's not going to ask you how you FEEL about it.
#15 Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents
had a different word for burger flipping. They called it
"opportunity."
#42 Change the oil.
#43 Don't let the success of others depress you.
#48 Tell yourself the story of your life. Have a point.
Each rule is explored with wise, pithy examples that parents,
grandparents, and teachers can use to help children help themselves
succeed---in school and out of it. A few rules kids won't learn in
school:
#9 Your school may have done away with winners and losers. Life
hasn't.
#14 Looking like a slut does not empower you.
#29 Learn to deal with hypocrisy.
#32 Television is not real life.
#38 Look people in the eye when you meet them.
#47 You are not perfect, and you don't have to be.
#50 Enjoy this while you can.
author photo?: Yes--forwarded to Lorna Lloyd
Author Photo credit: No
Charles J. Sykes is the author of five previous books: "A Nation of
Victims," "Dumbing Down Our Kids," "Profscam,""The End of Privacy,"
and "The Hollow Men," His columns have appeared in numerous
newspapers, including "The New York Times" and "The Wall Street
Journal," A radio and television host at WTMJ in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, and a senior fellow at the Wisconsin Policy Research
Institute, he is married and has three children.
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