Ralph Albert Parlette
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Ralph Albert Parlette's Book and Story
The University of Hard Knocks
Young Adult The "Hard Knocks" Ralph Parlette talks about are also termed "bumps" in this collection of lessons life presents us. He says that when life bumps up against us and we learn the lesson, we do not have to endure it again. We move past it and use the experience as our teacher from which we expand our conscious appraisal of the situations we encounter. Because we are independent negotiators of the events that occur, we are often tempted by other attractive paths that lead us into ease and pleasure. If we move upwardly in our way of thinking about the future and do not succumb to instant gratification, we can change unhappiness to happiness, weakness to strength, anxiety to moral conviction, and ignorance to awareness. As we begin to understand things by our own sacrifice and travail, we discover immeasurable distances above us that we can include in our journey. We are able to rise over any obstacle or setback because we learn to truly see and hear. Parlette reminds us that it is not possible to purchase education or security. We cannot buy a prodigious intelligence. Our mind is only able to become great when it is a subordinate to more important issues in our life. As we develop more helpful attributes, our worries grow smaller. We have stationed ourselves to see from a different, more encompassing perspective. And even though we continue to do our best, out of nowhere a calamity descends upon us and breaks our heart. Our plans and schemes are ruined, and there is nothing to live for. But after this personal demolition and the psychological trash is swept away, honorable purposes are suddenly visible, and we are capable of more instruction and schooling in The University of Hard Knocks, the only college worth this excellent endorsement. You might like
Desired By The Once-Bullied, Billionaire Soccer Player
Jay.D He dumped her.
He humiliated her.
He left her pregnant, seventeen and alone.
Now she's back, with a daughter, a dream, and the billionaire he never saw coming.
Dahlia Harold had it all... until one mistake cost her everything. Disowned by her wealthy family and betrayed by the boy she thought she loved, she vanished from the world that broke her.
Five years later, she's a struggling single mom, until fate throws her straight into the arms of Zac Leroy. Once the bullied kid nobody noticed, Zac is now a billionaire soccer star... and he remembers everything.
Only problem? He's dating her old enemy.
And her ex wants custody of the child he once denied.
Now Dahlia has one shot to fight for her daughter, her future, and maybe, even love.
He gave her nothing.
Now he wants it all.
But she's no longer the girl he left behind. Must Date The Bad Boy
beckybree “You are more exciting than I expected” Alex whispered behind me, his voice sending hot shivers down my spine and I gulped down on my saliva
“W - w - what do you want from me?” I stammered while asking him the question, and he laughed out before turning me to face him
“I want you, all of you. You will be my new toy” he said staring deep into my eyes and I could feel my heart beating fast.
He did something I could never forget in my lifetime, something that would make the target of every girl present in the school, he took few steps away from me before drawing the attention of everyone present in the cafeteria.
“Announcement everyone, starting from today, Katherine is my girl. No one is allowed to go near her or harm her, if you all have a problem with that come face me” with that he walked out of the cafeteria leaving me alone to face the glaring eyes of the ladies.
Katherine Thrones is a good girl, great grades and amazing at everything she does, living her life as quiet as possible until one day she bumps into the shoulder of Alexander Walter the bad boy, a player, the troublemaker of the school, the one with bad grades and the captain of the football teams.
What happens when Alexander decides to focus his attention on the quiet geek girl Katherine and make her into his play toy.
Will Katherine fall victim to his trap or will the table be turned around 
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