We would like to introduce our recently published book, Crossing the Road: A Guide for the College-Bound Chicken. We are recent high school graduates from Developing Virtue Secondary Girls’ School in Ukiah, California and this book is a guide to how to get into college, written by students for students.
This book began as a project in a leadership course we took in tenth grade. Our
teachers, Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Yeh, presented us with a seemingly
insurmountable challenge: we sophomores, to whom college seemed like a distant
and mysterious notion, would write a book guiding other high school students on
learning to make the right decisions and take the best actions to reach their
goals – in this case, college.
In this book we use the idea of a chicken crossing the road as a metaphor for
the process a student might choose to decide whether they want to go to
college, which college they want to attend, and how to get into the selected
college. We use simple flow charts, pros and cons chart, tradeoff analyses,
actions plans, and the like to guide students through a step-by-step thinking
and planning process. We also help the reader investigate him or herself
at a deeper level – a level that is not muddled with statistics, pressure, and
opinions.
We believe that our book can really help students make the right decisions not
only for their future but also for their lives, and so that is why we are
trying to ask media from all over California
to help us find ways to promote our book. We believe that our book can not only
help students to learn more about themselves and take action in their pathway
to college, but also realize that anything is possible, even writing a book in
high school. Although there are a few blatant typos, we know that our book and
the mere idea that students can accomplish seemingly insurmountable goals, can
help inspire the youth of today and the youth of tomorrow.