The Faculty » Must Reads http://thefacultylounge.edublogs.org fac·ul·ty [fak-uhl-tee]-noun: 1. one of the powers of the mind, as memory, reason, or speech Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:17:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Why Do Hard Things? http://thefacultylounge.edublogs.org/2008/06/17/why-do-hard-things/ http://thefacultylounge.edublogs.org/2008/06/17/why-do-hard-things/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:54:03 +0000 Shari Pobjecky http://thefacultylounge.edublogs.org/?p=32 A Teenage Rebellion Against Low ExpectationsThis is a different kind of book –  a non-fiction piece that encourages teens not to treat adolescence as a vacation from responsibility but to rebel against the low expectations set upon them by society.

Do Hard Things was written by 19-year old twins Alex and Brett Harris, and is Amazon.com’s top-selling youth ministry title.

Say the authors, ” Most people don’t expect you to understand what we’re going to tell you in this book. And even if you understand, they don’t expect you to care. And even if you care, they don’t expect you to do anything about it. And even if you do something about it, they don’t expect it to last.”

See the Wall Street Journal Review here and visit the authors’ website.

If anyone wants to get together an online book talk, give the faculty lounge a shout.

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