Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
Average Rating: out of 81 Reviews
Price: $16.99
Sale: $9.47
Manufacturer: Multnomah Books
EAN (European Article Number): 9781601421128
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Alex Harris::Brett Harris
Publisher: Multnomah Books
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.83
Publication Date: 2008-04-15
Reading Level: 256
Description: 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. We do. – Alex and Brett
Details: I am very pleased with my purchase. The book is excellent and was delivered in a timely manner and in superb condition.
Review Summary: I keep buying it...
Date: 2008-11-16
Details: I've bought at least four copies of this book... every time I get one, one of my kids runs off with it and I can't finish it. They love it - and they've been challenged by it. I love it - I'm most of the way through it. Now if I can just get my latest copy back from my wife...
Review Summary: Recommended!
Date: 2008-10-25
Details: This is a must read for students in junior high and high school. It changes the way they would walk through the teen years. Parents, we aren't exempt from doing hard things either. Read this to see how we can still impact our world and change the way our children process the adolescent years.
Review Summary: Excellent book.
Date: 2008-10-24
Details: This is a very challenging book. I am planning to buy it for all those I know who work with teens. It's my son's Christmas present. It's an easy read but the ideas are life changing.
Review Summary: Worth reading
Date: 2008-10-23
Details: I've just finished reading, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations written by the little brothers of Josh Harris famous himself for writing I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Overall the book is outstanding.
Alex and Brett Harris talk about a counterculture of youth determined to be a part of "A Teenage Rebellion against Low Expectations."
"If you look back over history you'll find ... movements that were started (or fueled) by young people. The problem is, most of these movements were actually revolts against God-established authority (like parents, church , or government), and many were ultimately crushed or twisted toward another end.
All those failed revolutionary attempts are a discouraging record as far as teen efforts go, but not for rebelutionaries. We're not rebelling against institutions or even against people. Our uprising is against a cultural mind-set that twists the purpose and potential of the teen years and threatens to cripple our generation. Our uprising won't be marked by mas riots and violence, but by millions of individual teens quietly choosing to turn the low expectations of our culture upside down." (DHT p25.)
I'm not going to lay out a lengthy review what I will say is this: I plan on buying a copy for my nieces and nephews this Christmas.
out of 81 Reviews
