Often when meeting parents at Back to School Night, they would ask
me what they could give their children for Christmas or their birthday that
would help them get ahead. I loved this question, and soon began writing a list
of gift ideas on the board before any parent meeting. Here’s the list I would
write on the board this year, (if I was still in the classroom) and the ages
when I would give them:
1. Seven Habits of Highly
Effective Students by Sean Covey – Age 13
2. Personality Plus by
Florence Littauer – Age 14
3. The Magic of Thinking Big
by David J. Schwartz – Age 15
4. Free $ for College for
Dummies by David Rosen and Caryn Mladen – Age 16
5. The Blue Zones of Happiness
by Dan Buettner – Age 17
6. The Millionaire Next Door
by Thomas J. Stanley – Age 18
Of course, it would be unethical to suggest families buy my own
book, Free College, if I was still in the classroom, but I’m not.
So, long before your child is thirteen, you need a copy of Free College. It’s for all families of Pre-K through high school students
(college bound or not). Like the strategy in this article, parents start the
process and students take over as they mature.
You are reading from the blog: http://www.roadtofreecollege.com
For daily updates to help students earn free money for college, check out my Twitter feed, @elizawallace27. For even more information on college planning and scholarships, you’ll want
my new book, Free College. It’s for families of Pre-K through
High School students. Scroll to the top of this page, click on the image
of my book on the right, and buy it now from Amazon.
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Great gift suggestions!
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