Super Student / Happy Kid Author:Sally D. Ketchum Super Student/Happy Kid! is a practical student success guide for everyone. Forty chapters deal with forty subjects such as Priorities, Stress, Teachers, and Self-Esteem from a practical rather than theoretical viewpoint. Eight Appendices supply specific, detailed instructions for such things as test taking, building a student portfolio f... more »or college applications and job interviews, thinking on paper, and higher level thinking skills. The more than 500 specific tips for success are a bonus. The book follows its own advice that "Specific is terrific!" Its stated goals are to build self-esteem, character, confidence, real skills, and to increase potential. Chapters are structured so that the reader may follow a subject, for example Reading, from pre-school readiness to high school level skills. This enables the stronger student to go ahead and the weaker student to go back and review. It is a great help to parents seeking to nurture academicsuccess, self-esteem and happiness. It is also a great help to students who benefit from specific suggestions as opposed to generalized advice.« less