Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Getting in to college Archives - The Mom Maven https://themommaven.com/tag/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-teens-talk-getting-in-to-college/ Tales, Tastes & Travels Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:54:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.7 https://themommaven.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-favicon-512-compressed-32x32.jpg Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Getting in to college Archives - The Mom Maven https://themommaven.com/tag/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-teens-talk-getting-in-to-college/ 32 32 Extraordinary Teens https://themommaven.com/extraordinary-teens/ https://themommaven.com/extraordinary-teens/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:27:16 +0000 http://themommaven.com/?p=1332 Chicken Soup for the Soul recently published "Extraordinary Teens" which is filled with stories from over 50 amazing teenagers and young adults.

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]]> I have worked with teens for almost 30 years. I have been a youth leader, mentor, teacher, friend and a lot of other things to the teens in my life every since I graduated high school. 14-18 year olds are my favorite ages to work with. At that age the kids are really figuring out who they are and what God created them to do. They aren’t afraid to dream to big and try new things.

Chicken Soup for the Soul recently published “Extraordinary Teens” which is filled with stories from over 50 amazing teenagers and young adults. Some of them are famous like Brenda Song, Donald Trump, Jr. and Anna Kournikova. Many are names you have never heard of like Desiree Amadeo, Margaret Lewis and Trevor Schulte. Each story is inspiring in its own way and no two stories are the same. There is even the story on page 221 of someone I follow on Twitter @PencilBugs. He is an amazing young entrepreneur who started his business at age 9!

I am thinking about requiring my teenaged sons to read this book. I’m sure it will challenge them to overcome obstacles, think outside of the box and take a stand for what they feel is important.  If you would like a copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Extraordinary Teens you can click on the link to order or you can enter to win a copy! I will be giving away 2 copies of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Extraordinary Teens.

Mandatory 1st Entry Leave me a comment telling me about an inspirational teen that you know.

Bonus Entries

  • Leave a comment on another (non-giveaway) post on my blog and tell me where you commented. You can do this up to 5 times on 5 different posts.
  • Tweet this “@MomMaven is giving away Chicken Soup For the Soul:Extraordinary Teens. You can enter to win it too! http://bit.ly/hsr9g #giveaway” you can do this 3 times a day. Leave the tweet URL in the comment.
  • If you haven’t done so already check out the new Purex 3-in-1 Laundry Sheets, and leave me a comment that you did this. This link is trackable so I will know if you really did it or not.

Good Luck! This giveaway is open to US residents only and will end 9/2/09 at 10:15pm.

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]]> https://themommaven.com/extraordinary-teens/feed/ 35 Teens Talk Getting In To College Book Review & Giveaway https://themommaven.com/teens-talk-getting-in-to-college-book-review-giveaway/ https://themommaven.com/teens-talk-getting-in-to-college-book-review-giveaway/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:54:29 +0000 http://themommaven.com/?p=260 Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Getting In. . . to College
offers the comfort that high school teens and their parents need during a crucial milestone in their lives.

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is another inspring collection of 101 true stories by people who have been there. As a mom of a 16 year old homeschooled son, we have just recently navigated the SAT and dual enrolling him at Manatee Community College The State College of Florida (became a 4-yr college on 4-15-09). This has been quite a learning curve for both of us. When I went to college my high school guidance counselor guided us along the process. As homeschoolers, the brunt of the burden falls on the parent. Thankfully with Florida’s dual enrollment standards, my son has the next 5 semesters to take classes that will count for both high school and college credit at the same time and the state pays for the classes! It is a huge blessing and he will start this summer taking Spanish 1.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Getting In. . . to College
offers the comfort that high school teens and their parents need during a crucial milestone in their lives. Filled with real stories about the pressures of applying to college, and how teens just like them overcame their doubts and fears, it’s the heartwarming “support group” every high school applicant (and their parents) can turn to as they cram, apply, and eagerly wait to hear back from colleges across the country.

Inside Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Getting In. . . to College
, you’ll also read about:
• A lacrosse accident the night before the SAT’s
• One student’s eye-opening “gap year” spent in Peru – in lieu of going straight to college
• Parents that tried a little too hard to write their kids’ essays for them
• Students that didn’t get into the schools of their parents’ dreams – and were grateful
• Acceptance letters, rejection letters, getting wait-listed, adjusting to dorm life, and more.

You can buy the book by clicking on any of the links above or you can win it here from The Mom Maven.

Just leave me a comment here telling me what college your child hopes to attend. PLUS you must click on the orange heart shaped RSS feed button and subscribe to my blog and leave a valid e-mail address or Twitter name so that I can contact the winner. The winner must respond within 48 hours or another winner will be chosen.

For additional entries, please leave a separate comment for each one of these that you do:

  • for 3 extra entries-Place my blog button on your blog and leave me the link you your blog in a comment here
  • for 1 extra entry each day-you can twitter about this giveaway and leave the URL of your tweet in a comment
  • for 1 entry for each of these that you do-Stumble up with a review, fave on Technorati, fave on MomFaves

Good luck! This giveaway ends on Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 10:00pm. US entries only please.

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