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Summary: Guerrilla Manual
Review: Have you heard of the book Guerilla Manual For Adult College Students? If you haven?t you might want to pick up a copy. Guerrilla Manual is written by one of our own teachers, Mike Doolin. It is intended to be a guide for adults returning to college, but don?t be fooled, the valuable information contained in this book is useful to any student.Mr. Doolin not only wrote this book, he lived it too. On his way to achieving his degree, he had to tackle many of the questions and situations found in the book. Here, Mr. Doolin compiles many obstacles students (especially returning adult students) face, and then suggests many ways to avoid or overcome these obstacles. The chapters range from making the decision to go back to college, to financial aid, to discovering your learning style. These are not the only helpful chapters, the book is full of them. The book is also a supportive tool. Mr. Doolin includes quotes from many people throughout their educational journey. Showing that others have had the same frustrations and roadblocks and have succeeded can be comforting to the returning adult student. Guerrilla Manual For Adult College Students by Mike Doolin is a must read for any adult returning to education. I would encourage the offices of Admissions and Counseling at any college to recommend this to their returning students. I also encourage any student to grab a copy because there is definitely something in there that is helpful to everyone. I would also like to suggest to teachers, that they obtain a copy and pay close attention to chapter thirteen, How Adults Learn. This chapter shows the learning differences between younger, and not so young returning students and the way they are taught, or should be taught. If you are an adult returning to college, a teacher, a fellow college student, or anyone who is involved in a college community, Guerilla Manual is recommended reading. There is something for everybody. And everybody needs a little help once in a while.
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Summary: Guerrilla Manual
Review: Have you heard of the book Guerilla Manual For Adult College Students? If you haven?t you might want to pick up a copy. Guerrilla Manual is written by one of our own teachers, Mike Doolin. It is intended to be a guide for adults returning to college, but don?t be fooled, the valuable information contained in this book is useful to any student. Mr. Doolin not only wrote this book, he lived it too. On his way to achieving his degree, he had to tackle many of the questions and situations found in the book. Here, Mr. Doolin compiles many obstacles students (especially returning adult students) face, and then suggests many ways to avoid or overcome these obstacles. The chapters range from making the decision to go back to college, to financial aid, to discovering your learning style. These are not the only helpful chapters, the book is full of them. The book is also a supportive tool. Mr. Doolin includes quotes from many people throughout their educational journey. Showing that others have had the same frustrations and roadblocks and have succeeded can be comforting to the returning adult student. Guerrilla Manual For Adult College Students by Mike Doolin is a must read for any adult returning to education. I would encourage the offices of Admissions and Counseling at any college to recommend this to their returning students. I also encourage any student to grab a copy because there is definitely something in there that is helpful to everyone. I would also like to suggest to teachers, that they obtain a copy and pay close attention to chapter thirteen, How Adults Learn. This chapter shows the learning differences between younger, and not so young returning students and the way they are taught, or should be taught. If you are an adult returning to college, a teacher, a fellow college student, or anyone who is involved in a college community, Guerilla Manual is recommended reading. There is something for everybody. And everybody needs a little help once in a while.
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Summary: Excellent handbook for the adult learner
Review: There are several books available that can help prospective adult students determine how best to go for that coveted piece of paper, and any person seriously considering going back to college should find and read them. But most of those books, however good, were written by academics and researchers, not actual adult students. And this is where Doolin's recently published Guerrilla Manual for Adult College Students really shines. I contacted Author Doolin and found out a few things--for example, he comes at this subject from a somewhat different perspective than the researchers and academics: he actually was an adult student, and spent 15 years of night school pursuing his Bachelor's degree and several more getting his Master's. On top of that, he is now an adjunct Assistant Professor in the English Department of one of the country's premier community colleges (Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY), mostly teaching evening writing courses full of returning adult students. If those aren't enough credentials, Doolin also devotes hundreds of hours per year advising students at MCC, and most of those are returning adults as well. Doolin's 'been there, done that' in the adult student world, and the things he says in this book show that in-the-trenches experience. The title of this book is no coincidence. This is a hands-on guide full of real-world experiences. In addition to Doolin's own years of struggle to get his degree, he interviewed dozens of adult students in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s to get their take on the strategies that work and the ones that don't. The book includes nearly 200 little stories in the form of quotes from adult students, detailing their thoughts and approaches on a wide variety of subjects. These short quotes are sprinkled throughout the book's 346 pages and 31 chapters. This book is as comprehensive a treatment of going back to school as an adult as you are likely to find anywhere, and covers every major topic, including fear of returning to school, studying, test taking, babysitting woes, time management, finding the money to go to school, personal learning styles, methods of earning credit outside the classroom and dozens of other critical subjects. In addition to answering common questions and addressing typical concerns, Doolin has added a number of eye-opening statistics as well. Do you know how much more you are likely to make over a lifetime of work with a Bachelor's degree vs a high school education? It's about $1,000,000 - and a Master's is worth nearly twice that. Do you know how many adults are currently going to college? About 7.5 million. The book also includes hundreds of internet links to additional information on everything from learning styles to financial aid. If you need more information on a topic, Doolin has provided a quick way for you to get it. Doolin has been an advertising copywriter for many years, has had some fiction published, and has ghost-written hundreds of magazine articles for his ad agency clients. Those years of writing for public consumption definitely show. His writing style is quick, conversational and very easy to read. Guerrilla Manual for Adult College Students is about as good a book on this subject as you could want. It's packed with information that is usable in the real world, is thorough, well organized and easy to read. Any adult thinking of going back to school should definitely read it.
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Summary: Essential Reading For Adult Students
Review: This book is set apart from others of its type by its real-world pragmatism. No fluff, no padding... just simple, clearly defined strategies the reader can begin applying immediately to balance the demands of college, career and family. Written with great clarity and a nice dash of humor, this is one of the best investments an adult returning to school could make.
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