{"product_id":"9780312360382","title":"50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School : Real-World Antidotes to Feel-Good Education","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Charles J. Sykes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles 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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e#1  Life is not fair. Get used to it. \u003cbr\u003e#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. \u003cbr\u003e#15  Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it \"opportunity.\"\u003cbr\u003e#42  Change the oil. \u003cbr\u003e#43  Don't let the success of others depress you.\u003cbr\u003e#48  Tell yourself the story of your life. Have a point.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA few rules kids won't learn in school:\u003cbr\u003e#9  Your school may have done away with winners and losers. Life hasn't.\u003cbr\u003e#14  Looking like a slut does not empower you.\u003cbr\u003e#29  Learn to deal with hypocrisy.\u003cbr\u003e#32  Television is not real life.\u003cbr\u003e#38  Look people in the eye when you meet them.\u003cbr\u003e#47  You are not perfect, and you don't have to be.\u003cbr\u003e#50  Enjoy this while you can.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Sykes takes a hard-line but humorous approach to instilling the discipline, morals and good sense that keep kids from becoming 'sulky, self-centered, spoiled brats.'” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312360382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40592805724366,"sku":"9780312360382","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_fc6502f4-bd0f-431c-be9d-30f81c89c131.jpg?v=1637774536","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312360382","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}