My dad works on the cleaning staff at Harrisburg Middle School. Not really at the heart of the education system, but still an important part (and still able to sneak a look at some of the teachers planning) .While on the phone to my mum the other week, he asked if The 7 Habits of a Highly Effective Teen by Sean Covey was on my school reading list, because it was on the list for the students in America.In short, mum told me that I must read this book because it would change my ineffective teenage being (that's the point of being a teenager), and that it would put me ahead of all my English counterparts.
To say that I was sceptical would be a minor understatement, however I was surprised. It wasn't preachy, and didn't make me feel like everything that I had done in my first 3 years of teenage develop had been wasted.
It shows you how to organise your time/schooling. but not in a way that turns you into a hermit. Finding the balance is a big part of the books message, if between, school, sport, relationships, anything really.
"Yes", I hear you cry, "but wasn't this book written in the late 90's, before out lives were overtaken by tiny devices that implant themselves to our faces?!" True, but the majority of the book is a collection of stories from teens and about how they found balance in their lives. Real teens, telling real stories, about real experiences. These are still relevant today because, surprise, surprise, teenagers still face the same problems today, as they did almost 20 years ago. Hormones were still raging and puberty happens to us all (even you parents)
Honestly, give it a go, it isn't a cure all, but if anything, its an interesting read. What have you got to loose?
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