Empowering Generation Z


Recommended book: "My Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn.

TEACHER SEEKS PUPIL
Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person.

Just a three-line ad in the personals section, but it launched the adventure of a lifetime.

12 years-old Julie Gerchak answers the ad, convincing Ishmael to take her on as his next student.

I'll recommend it to anyone before they want to apply to College and get into debts for a lifetime.
And to all the students who were part of the "March for Our Lives" this 24 March 2018.



In "Ishmael", the same philosophy is brought to someone older, a 50 years old male journalist.
The questions are reflecting the concerns of a disillusioned adult, been there, done that- type.

Both books offer timeless advice.

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