The Rantoul Rules by Dr. Steve W. Price
One High School, Two Educations
We learned two types of lessons in high school-academic lessons, where we were taught specific lessons about a given subject; and accidental lessons, where we learned general lessons about life.
For most of us, it was the hundreds of unplanned, unscripted moments of accidental lessons we learned while milling in front of the lockers before and between classes...waiting in the lunch line...jostling in the hallways...going on our first date...passing notes in study hall...and breaking up arguments in the student parking lot that shaped our sense of self and prepared us for life after graduation.
From personal experience as both a student and a teacher and from many conversatons with fellow classmates and former students, I've concluded that the impact of high school on our lives can be distilled into one simple sentence:
We leave high school but high school never leaves us.
What This Book Can Do for You
Our time in high school is a benchmark, that is, a point of reference to measure our progress in life. Whether we remember high school with fondness or whether we remember high school with fear and loathing, we spend the rest of our lives either trying to live up to lofty expectations or trying to prove the nabobs of negativity wrong. Either way, the lessons we learned in high school-the lessons this book identifies and reminds you about-last a lifetime.
If we heed these lessons, they have the power to help us fulfill our potential and bring us passion, prosperity, and peace of mind.