Product Description

Written with families in mind, Stand on My Shoulders: The Pocketbook Guide to Adulthood by William Swisher is a self-help guide that empowers young adults. Each and every generation has growing issues of which to contend, address, and overcome. Now more than ever, young people need guidance, direction, and support. In this unique treatise, the author identifies a number of necessary commands for the modern world and provides a veritable instruction manual to living a thoughtful and meaningful life. In nineteen chapters, he covers higher education, gainful employment, and a number of simple financial directives on insurance and retirement. His incredibly insightful rhetoric proves to be savvy advice as he gives pointers on dating, marriage, and sexuality. This book is long overdue. More than a book—it is an opportunity for young adults to hone skills and understand the essentials to being a successful and happy adult.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #733306 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-27
• Released on: 2008-05-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 56 pages

About the Author
With a bachelor’s in biology and master’s in education, William Lee Swisher is a retired educator. He has traveled extensively and served as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Artillery Corps. He and his wife, Kristine, also a retired educator, have three children: Christopher, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Joseph, a graduate of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona, and Petra, a graduate of West Point Military Academy.

Customer Reviews

Well Rounded
I have known William Swisher for over 30 years. When he gives advise I take it. He is one of the most intelligent and down to earth people I know. The book is well rounded covering every question young adults entering into adult society need. Us older folk are reminded about things we should know also. It is just the right amount of pages to keep your interest from start to finsh for the first read. It will be perfect reference for what ever question comes up with easy to find categories for future reads. Thanks Bill for reminding us all what an adult is.

Concise and far reaching guide for young adults
Swisher's, Stand on My Shoulders, is worthy of being handed to any high school graduate walking off the graduation stage. In his booklet, Swisher imparts straightforward advice to young people shaped by a notable lifetime's dedication of public service to America's youth. His concise guide is far reaching covering a wide array of the abhor concerns of adulthood such as saving for retirement and loan amortization computation without all the claptrap we've grown accustomed to from the "noisy" media outlets and well-dressed louts. Though I preferred the more introspective topics he covered, not that financial matters aren't important (because we sure know that they are), but because adulthood is so much more than that. His opinions on such topics as Sexuality, Religion, and Existence would classify as moderate and secular in nature and should be well-received by most audiences barring maybe confederate education boards and "Happy" valleys in the Rockies. In a nutshell, I liked it. It is refreshing to find an educator who teaches young adults how to think and not what to think, and even more refreshing to know that a retired educator still cares.

Stand on My Shoulders
This book would have been a big help to me if I had read it as a senior in high school. It is full of useful information on everything from education and sexuality, to religion and man's existence, and should be required reading in high school. Mr. Swisher's well reasoned and open minded approach to these diverse topics is refreshing. A must read for teenagers.