10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said

von Charles Wheelan

128 Seiten, Hardcover

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The antidote to those cotton-candy platitudes that are all too familiar to anyone who's ever worn a mortarboard, Wheelan's 10¿ head-turning aphorisms-backed up by a PhD in public policy and extensive social science research-set the record straight. Readers everywhere agreed, turning a Dartmouth Class Day speech that had gone viral into a best-selling book.Whether praising the time "wasted" in fraternity basements; mentioning that, frankly, the worst days of your life still lie ahead; or simply asking that graduates avoid wreaking the kind of havoc that others before them have, Wheelan softens his candid conclusions with good-natured charm and tales of unconventional success. With cartoons sprinkled throughout to keep things light, this volume makes a perfect gift for graduates of all ages.

• ISBN: 9780393074314
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.05.2012
• Größe: 185 x 133 mm
• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Illustrationen: Peter Steiner