From a Previous Reader xxiii --
Wonder Years / Hugh Gallagher 2 --
Never Say Never / Rosa Torcasio 6 --
College Bound / Dave Barry 9 --
Bloopers from College Admission Essays / Richard Lederer 12 --
Strange Scholarships / Uncle John's Great Big Bathroom Reader 14 --
Envelope, Please / Rory Evans 16 --
If the Dream Is Big Enough, the Facts Don't Count / Cynthia Stewart-Copier 20 --
Hani / Jamie Winship 23 --
Inspiration Can Be Anywhere / Cerie L. Couture 27 --
A Proposal to Myself / Sarah Lockyer 32 --
Good-Bye, Mr. Blib / Beth Mullally 36 --
A Dad Says Good-Bye / Joseph Danziger 39 --
College Talk / Kimberly Kirberger 41 --
"No Hug" Rule / Cheryl Costello-Forshey 43 --
Shoes in the Shower / Lia Gay and Rebecca Hart 48 --
Deck the Halls / Melanie Fester 52 --
A Letter from College / Adam Christing 55 --
Times I Called Home from College / Scott Greenberg 57 --
Long Road Home / Lia Gay 60 --
Breakdown of Family Traced to Psych. 1 Student / Beth Mullally 64 --
3. Lessons From the Classroom --
Undeclared / Tal Vigderson 68 --
Making the Grade / Varda One 71 --
Good, the Bad and the Emmy / David Wiemers 76 --
Thought Card / Hanoch McCarty 80 --
I Passed the Test / Paula Lopez-Crespin 86 --
Wicker Chair / Eva Rosenberg 89 --
Dissed / Mary J. Davis 93 --
How to Get an A on Your Final Exam / Tony D'Angelo 94 --
A Compassionate Philosophy / Kristi Nay 98 --
Library Science / Jenna McCarthy 102 --
Your Legacy / Tony D'Angelo 108 --
Angels on a Pin (101 Ways to Use a Barometer) / Alexander Calandra 110 --
Topsy-Turvy World / Kimberly Kirberger 113 --
4. Lessons From Outside the Classroom --
College Wisdom Seldom Exercised in the Summer / Beth Mullally 116 --
Learning How to Be Roommates / Elsa Lynch 119 --
Plaster Shell / Miriam Goldstein 123 --
Great Escape / Wendy Marston 126 --
Hanging Out to Dry / Paul Karrer 129 --
Wranglers and Stranglers / Ted Engstrom 130 --
Of Mice and Maintenance Men / Lisa Levenson 132 --
Knowing Where to Tap / Tony D'Angelo 135 --
Miracle on Times Square / Gunter David 137 --
Dark Gift / Kent Nerburn 141 --
Reverse Living / Norman Glass 144 --
Blameless / Kathy Johnson Gale 145 --
Finding My Way / Zan Gaudioso 150 --
Mirror / Dan Clark 154 --
I Dare You! / April Kemp 158 --
Love I'll Never Forget / Tim Madigan 160 --
Heartbreak 101 / Lauren Fox 165 --
What Is Sex? / Adam Saperston 169 --
Swans Mate for Life / Hal Torrance 171 --
Boy Under the Tree / David Coleman, Kevin Randall 178 --
For the Kids / Diana Breclaw 181 --
Piano Music / Daneen Kaufman Wedekind 184 --
Ten-Dollar Bills and Roses / Mary J. Davis 187 --
A Not-So-Random Act of Kindness / Will Keim 188 --
Christy's Last Day / Christy Calchera 191 --
Gift of Music / Brandon Lagana 195 --
Our Community / Christa F. Sandelier 197 --
Kids in the Hall / Suzanne Casamento 200 --
My Sanctuary / Eric Linder 205 --
My Friend Kim / Robert Tate Miller 207 --
819 Gaffield Place / Michele Bender 211 --
An Unlikely Hero / Tony Luna 216 --
With Help from a Friend / Dorri Olds 220 --
My Star / Zan Gaudioso 224 --
Independence Day / Natasha Carrie Cohen 228 --
#38 Chucky Mullins / James Simmons 231 --
Zap the Sap! / Eric Saperston 235 --
I Said No / Natasha Carrie Cohen 239 --
Rest of the Story / Jo Wiley Cornell 242 --
Stuck with No Way Out / Rosanne Martorella 245 --
Breaking the Mold / Zan Gaudioso 250 --
A Better Message / Carol Grace Anderson 254 --
Homeboy Goes to Harvard / Richard Santana 257 --
From the Heart of a Blessed Temple / B. T. Thomas 261 --
Second Kind of Mind / JeVon Thompson 263 --
Work for Your Supper / Arlene Green 266 --
Catsup Soup / Cynthia Hamond 271 --
Student Super-Saver / Kevin van Gundy 273 --
Dare to Take Risks! / Stephen Hopson 278 --
Emma's Ducks / Paul Karrer 283 --
Consider This / Bill Clinton 285 --
All in the Family / Jeanne Marie Laskas 287 --
Never Too Old to Live Your Dream / Dan Clark 290 --
Life Lessons / Dave Barry 294 --
A Homecoming of a Different Sort / Vicki Niebrugge 298 --
Two Stories for Life / Robert Fulghum 301 --
Humor Them! / Katherine D. Ortega 307 --
Know Where You're Going! / Speaker's Sourcebook II 310 --
Don't Go! / George Plimpton 312 --
More Chicken Soup? 315 --
Supporting College Students 316 --
Who Is Jack Canfield? 320 --
Who Is Mark Victor Hansen? 321 --
Who Is Kimberly Kirberger? 323 --