inspiring and humorous stories about college Canfield, Jack 1944- creator Canfield, Jack 1944- compiler, editor Hansen, Mark Victor kirberger, Kimberly Clark, Dan text xxu Deerfield Beach, Fla Health Communications c1999 monographic eng

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xxvii, 340 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 1. Getting in -- The wonder years / Hugh Gallagher -- Never say never / Rosa Torcasio -- College bound / Dave Barry -- Bloopers from college admission essays / Richard Lederer -- Strange scholarships / Uncle John's Great Big Bathroom Reader -- The envelope, please / Rory Evans -- If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count / Cynthia Stewart-Copier -- Hani / Jamie Winship -- Inspiration can be anywhere / Cerie L. Couture -- A proposal to myself / Sarah Lockyer -- 2. Transition -- Good-bye, Mr. Blib / Beth Mullally -- A Dad says good-bye / Joseph Danziger -- College talk / Kimberly Kirberger -- The "no hug" rule / Cheryl Costello-Forshey -- Shoes in the shower / Lia Gay and Rebecca Hart -- Deck the halls / Melanie Fester -- A letter from college / Adam Christing -- The times I called home from college -- The long road home / Lia Gay -- Breakdown of family traced to Psych. 1 student / Beth Mullally -- 3. Lessons from the classroom -- Undeclared / Tal Vigderson -- Making the grade / Varda one -- The good, the bad and the Emmy / David Wiemers -- The thought card / Hanoch McCarty -- I passed the test / Paula Lopez-Crespin -- The wicker chair / Eva Rosenberg -- Dissed / Mary J. Davis -- How to get an A on your final exam / Tony D'Angelo -- A compassionate philosophy / Kristi Nay -- Library Science / Jenna McCarthy -- Your legacy / Tony D'Angelo -- Angels on a pin (101 ways to use a barometer) / Alexander Calandra -- Topsy-turvy world / Kimberly Kirberger -- 4. Lessons from outside the classroom -- College wisdom seldom exercised in the summer / Beth Mullally -- Learning how to be roommates / Elsa Lynch -- The plaster shell / Miriam Goldstein -- The great escape / Wendy Marston -- Hanging out to dry / Paul Karrer -- Wrangler and stranglers / Ted Engstrom -- Of mice and maintenance men / Lisa Levenson -- Knowing where to tap / Tony D'Angelo -- Miracle on Times Square / Gunter David -- The dark gift / Kent Nerburn -- Reverse living / Norman Glass -- Blameless / Kathy Johnson Gale -- 5. Love 101 -- Finding my way / Zan Gaudioso -- The mirror / Dan Clark -- I dare you! / April Kemp -- The love I'll never forget / Tim Madigan -- Heartbreak 101 / Lauren Fox -- What is sex? / Adam Saperston -- Swans mate for life / Hal Torrance. 6. Acts of kindness -- The boy under the tree / David Coleman and Kevin Randall -- For the kids / Diana Breclaw -- Piano music / Daneen Kaufman -- Ten-dollar bills and roses / Mary J. Davis -- A not-so-random act of kindness / Will Keim -- Christy's last day / Christy Calchera, as told to Dan Clark -- The gift of music / Brandon Lagana -- Our community / Christa F. Sandelier -- 7. Friends -- The kids in the hall / Suzanna Casamento -- My sanctuary / Eric Linder -- My friend Kim / Robert Tate Miller -- 819 Gaffield Place / Michele Bender -- An unlikely hero / Tony Luna -- With help from a friend / Dorri Olds -- 8. Tough stuff -- My star / Zan Gaudioso -- Independence Day / Natasha Carrie Cohen -- #38 Chucky Mullins / James Simmons -- Zap the Sap! / Eric Saperston -- I said no / Natasha Carrie Cohen -- The rest of the story / Jo Wiley Cornell -- Stuck with no way out / Rosanne Martorella -- 9. Mind over matter -- Breaking the mold / Zan Gaudioso -- A better message / Carol Grace Anderson -- Homeboy goes to Harvard / Richard Santana -- From the heart of a blessed temple / B.T. Thomas -- Second kind of mind / JeVon Thompson -- Work for your supper / Arlene Green -- Catsup soup / Cynthia Hamond -- Student super-saver / Kevin Van Gundy -- Dare to take risks! / Stephen Hopson -- Emma's ducks / Paul Karrer -- Consider this / Bill Clinton -- All in the family / Jeanne Marie Laskas -- Never too old to live your dream / Dan Clark -- 10. Graduation -- Life lessons / Dave Barry -- A homecoming of a different sort / Vicki Niebrugge -- Two stories for life / Robert Fulghum -- Humor them! / Katherine D. Ortega -- Know where you're going / Speaker's Sourcebook II -- Don't go / George Plimpton. Jack Canfield et al. College students Conduct of life BJ1661 .C36 1999 1558747028 9781558747029 161024 20191023171200.0