Reality Check

by Grant Baldwin

You've waited for this moment your entire life. Being able to come and go as you please, to eat what you want when you want, to listen to your music as loud as you d like, and the option of going to Wal-Mart at 3am just because you can. Your mind is filled with excitement, enthusiasm, and anticipation as you grow up and prepare to enter the real world of life. But then it hits you like a ton of

A Reality Check.

The days of choosing between white milk and chocolate milk are replaced by decisions on paying bills, making career decisions, attending college classes, and preparing your taxes. Recess and nap time are distant memories that have now been exchanged for frustrations with your boss, relationship challenges, and the need for health insurance. Pretty exciting, huh? In this humorous and relevant book, Reality Check, author Grant Baldwin helps you navigate both the challenges and opportunities of the real world in a practical and applicable manner. He addresses the real and honest questions that students are asking on issues such as creating a budget, applying for scholarships, dealing with relationships, and finding a career that you re passionate about. This is your guide to the Real World.

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 17, 2008

Reviews

[D.R. Bickham · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am glad that Grant Baldwin wrote this book. It is an honest and poignant look at the realities of life after high school and I would recommend it to anyone who is unsure of what they want to do next with their life. However, I feel that the book suffers from the author's constant attempts at humor, as he oftentimes comes across sounding like an uncle who is trying entirely too hard to be cool. This book would be helpful to many students who are feeling apprehensive about moving into young adulthood, but would be a complete turn-off to the more mature student.

[Tiff]

Tiffany Jenkins
Book Review

Reality Check by Grant Baldwin, Published in 2008. The genre of the story is "the student's guide to the real world". Everyday things students should know while in high school and leaving high school. This book has not won any awards. The book has 183 pages it took me one month to finish reading. There are no characters or setting for the book.

Reality Check is a non-fiction text very informational. The book is geared to high school students ready to join the real world whether it is the workforce or college. The major conflict would be that the reader has a conflict and Reality Check has the answers from chapter to chapter.

Some themes presented in the book are SATs/ACTs, leaving home or even fights with your BFF or should I buy a credit card. The message the author is trying to communicate is that you should always find answers to your questions before acting on it by yourself.

What I liked about the book was that it covered topics from “A to Z” that young teenagers should know. Many things that I did not know before reading this book that I learned. One thing I did not like about the book is that I would have liked to hear more about the author. More of how the author dealt with similar situations from the book. Who taught the author this things or did he have to learn on his own.

I truly recommend this book to anyone who has questions about what to do next. Everyone who reads this book will become a lot more open minded and wiser about the real world.

[Troy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just a terrible book on every level. Both patronizing and unhelpful