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You Are Not Special: ... And Other Encouragements – A Thought-Provoking Parenting Guide to Pressure, Privilege, and Fulfilling Life - Couverture souple

McCullough Jr., David

 
9780062393340: You Are Not Special: ... And Other Encouragements – A Thought-Provoking Parenting Guide to Pressure, Privilege, and Fulfilling Life
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0062393340 ISBN 13 : 9780062393340
Editeur : Ecco, 2015

Synopsis

A profound expansion of David McCullough, Jr.’s popular commencement speech―a call to arms against a prevailing, narrow, conception of success viewed by millions on YouTube―You Are (Not) Special is a love letter to students and parents as well as a guide to a truly fulfilling, happy life

“Every once in a long while, a voice seems to come out of nowhere, and you wonder how you ever managed without [it]. David McCullough, Jr. has that startling, insightful, wry, reassuring, helpful voice and You Are Not Special may be the wisest ?‘parenting’ book I’ve read in decades.”―Madeline Levine, author of author of The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well

Children today, says David McCullough―high school English teacher, father of four, and son and namesake of the famous historian―are being encouraged to sacrifice passionate engagement with life for specious notions of success. The intense pressure to excel discourages kids from taking chances, failing, and learning empathy and self-confidence from those failures.

In You Are (Not) Special, McCullough elaborates on his now-famous speech exploring how, for what purpose, and for whose sake, we’re raising our kids. With wry, affectionate humor, McCullough takes on hovering parents, ineffectual schools, professional college prep, electronic distractions, club sports, and generally the manifestations, and the applications and consequences of privilege. By acknowledging that the world is indifferent to them, McCullough takes pressure off of students to be extraordinary achievers and instead exhorts them to roll up their sleeves and do something useful with their advantages.

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À propos de l'auteur

David McCullough, Jr. taught for sixteen years at Punahou School in Honolulu and has been teaching at Wellesley High School near Boston since 2002. He lives with his wife and four children in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

David mccullough, Jr.'s now iconic high school commencement address was a tonic for children, parents, and educators alike. With wit and a perspective earned from raising four children and teaching high school students for nearly thirty years, McCullough expands on his speech, shares his insights into the lives of today's children, and advocates for a life of passionate engagement.

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Éditeur
Ecco
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0062393340
ISBN 13 
9780062393340
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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