by 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, creating a wise, no-nonsense guide for parents to help their children help themselves.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 50 things adults never learned in school either., 2008-09-06
50 Things Your Kids Won't Learn In School is packed full of the kind of thaings they just don't mention in the class room - mainly that the most important thng in life is to fit in. Never mind the job - tell your boss what a grand job he's doing and you don't have to do a thing yourself. What you do have to do is get along with the rest of the staff. Why did nobody ever tell me that?
0 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
 Conservative Pundit, 2008-06-24
It looks like a book by a conservative pundit. Surely, he is. After all, you may say that he rationalizes poverty.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Reality Bites!, 2008-06-15
Mr. Sykes- just said quit the babysitting and let them live, that includes all the ups and downs that life has to offer.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
50 rules kids won't learn in school, 2008-06-10
This book is filled with common sense advice for children, teenagers and anyone else who needs to face reality. The content of the text shifts the focus off self and on to how to make the best choices so that children can grow into happy, emotionally healthy adudlts. I would recommend this book for teachers, parents and anyone else who deals with young people. I bought this book after buying and reading another by the same author, "Dumbing down our Kids", also highly recommended.
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Approved by high school and college student, 2008-06-05
Gave this book to a teenage girl who just graduated from High School, and she was interested right off from the title. She started thumbing through and reading things out of it finding it humorous and cool. Days later her college sister and boyfriend arrived and they too started reading aloud to each other from it. As an adult I found it interesting and easy to read but thought provoking. A good antidote to what many kids are believing today. It's a little alarming the attitudes and lack of understanding of how life works in many kids we know. The 'I'm entitled', 'I don't need to work hard', 'I want it now', 'It's not fair', etc., has been some of how kids we know look at life. If I remember correctly, I think the author starts by saying 'Life isn't fair - get over it'. It's a great book to give as a graduation gift to prepare kids for the 'real world'.
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