The Student's Guide To Life: Essential Lessons On Love, Learning And Success - Softcover

Tan, Andrew K. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9810569734 ISBN 13: 9789810569730

Publisher: Aktive Learning, 2007

Synopsis

The Student's Guide to Life is a must-have guidebook for twelve to twenty-plus year olds. Inside they will learn how to: * Deal with emotional and self-esteem issues * Interact in a healthy way with parents, siblings and teachers * Make new friends and build lifelong friendships * Handle romantic relationships * Excel in school without studying all the time * Set goals, manage their time and achieve their dreams Students have a tough time; sometimes they need a bit of help to get through sticky situations. The Student's Guide to Life will help them thrive instead of just survive, using minimum effort to achieve maximum results. "Gives great insight on the best ways to handle everyday tricky situations." - Seventeen "Andrew pours candid yet practical advice to teenagers of all ages." - Teenage

About this title

About the Author

Andrew K. J. Tan was born and raised in Singapore, where he spent his first twenty years, before going on scholarship to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. A top student and member of Phi Beta Kappa (the oldest American academic honors society), he earned a Bachelor in Economics (Distinction) along with a Master in Management Science and Engineering in four years. While at Stanford he was selected to be head academic counselor of a sixty-person dorm, and supervised a team of peer advisers. He also managed over forty tutors to provide subject tutoring for the entire undergraduate community. At the age of twenty-four he became Site Director of the Stanford Asia Technology Initiative, where he helped set up the inaugural Global Entrepreneurship Conference in Singapore. Andrew has written for Teens Magazine and is currently a fund manager at a global investment firm. In his spare time he loves to read, sing and dream.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aktive Learning
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810569734
• ISBN 13: 9789810569730
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152