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Some good rules and prayers for upcoming grads | Marvin Olasky

Looking for a useful book to give upcoming May graduates? Charles Sykes' 50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School (St. Martin's Press, 2008) is short and appropriately sour. Rule No. 1 sets the tone: "Life is not fair. Get used to it." Several pages of practical application follow each rule.

Many emphasize the need to work hard in a competitive environment: "The real world won't care as much as your school does about your self-esteem. . . . No matter what your daddy says, you are not a princess. . . . Life is more like dodgeball than your gym teacher thinks. . . . Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it opportunity."

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