Would you like to join the REBELUTION? Nineteen year old twin brothers Alex and Brett Harris from Oregon have started a rebelution – a teenage rebellion against low expectations. They feel that sometimes people have such low expectations for teens that teens simply have little choice and sink accordingly. In their book Do Hard Things they encourage other teens to actively resist cultural lies that limit their potentials. They started a blog in 2005 about their rebelution. Their website www.therebelution.com has many links to articles and essays, events, and blogs. They even seem to be making this into a career as they make public appearances around the country. They have partnered with some young ladies met through blogging to include the “female” perspective on their site and through blogging. It is all Christian based and may seem a little bit preachy at times, but there is good content to give you food for thought. The book includes experiences of many other teens they have come to know. An extensive reading list is mentioned as assigned by their homeschooling father on a wide variety of topics – The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edmund Morris; The World is Flat, by Thomas Friedman, and many others. Several of their main points involve sometimes working outside your comfort zone, doing things without immediate expectations. doing several small hard things to get to one big one, and more. This is one of those books that you don’t have to read cover to cover, just browse and flip, then go back and read the parts that really interest you. Ok, I know this may seem tooooo preachy coming from someone who’s almost old enough to be your grandmother, but give it a try anyway.
- Anniesse
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