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The Student’s Guide
to Life
Essential lessons on love,
learning and success
“Gives great insight on the best ways
to handle everyday tricky situations.”
- Seventeen
“Andrew pours candid yet practical
advice to teenagers of all ages.”
- Teenage
The Student’s Guide
to Exam Success
How to get great grades
with less studying
“Andrew Tan shows he knows
students all too well.”
- Lifestyle
About The Student's Guide to Life
The Student's Guide to Life is a must-have
guidebook for twelve to twenty-plus year olds.
In this book they will learn how to:
• Deal with emotional and self-esteem issues
• Interact in a healthy way with parents, siblings
and teachers
• Make new friends and build lifelong friendships
• Handle romantic relationships
• Excel in school without studying all the time
• Set goals, manage their time and achieve their
dreams
Students have a tough time; sometimes they
need a bit of help to get through sticky situations.
The Student's Guide to Life will help them thrive
instead of just survive, using minimum effort to
achieve maximum results.
About The Student's Guide to Exam
Success
The Student’s Guide to Exam Success will help
you maximize your grades with less studying,
giving you more time to do whatever you want.
In this book you will learn to:
• Succeed in school while having more free time
• Score higher points in any type of question
• Create a winning plan for tackling the exam
• Study for the exam in the most efficient and
effective way
• Manage your time properly during the exam
• Minimize careless mistakes and boost your
score
As a student you cannot avoid exams, and how
you perform will have a dramatic impact on your
life. Your grades affect what schools you get into;
how parents, teachers and peers perceive you;
what scholarship and career options are open to
you; how much you enjoy school; even your level
of self-esteem! This book will teach you how to
ace your exams and excel in school.
The Student’s Guide to Life is available in
paperback at all leading bookstores. It is
also available in e-book (Kindle,iPhone,etc)
format and on Amazon.com.
The Student’s Guide to Exam Success is
available in paperback at all leading
bookstores and on Amazon.com.
Student Entrepreneurship Program
If you are a student in a Singapore school,
make some extra allowance or raise funds
for a student group or charity by signing up
for this program. Plus learn and get to
practise: Business Basics, Creative
Marketing, Ethical Selling and Customer
Satisfaction. Interested? Email your name
and school to publisher@aktive.com.sg
About the author
Educated on scholarship at Stanford University,
Andrew K. J. Tan earned a Bachelor in
Economics (Distinction) and a Master of
Science in four years. A top student and head
academic counsellor there, he became Site
Director of the Stanford Asia Technology
Initiative in Singapore at the age of twenty-four.
He has written for Teens Magazine and is
currently a fund manager at a global investment
firm.
More buzz
“I could easily connect with the author.
Being a teenager is never easy and
thankfully, the book provides handy
advice and survival tips. I particularly
love how this book encourages its
readers to do serious self reflections
and trust me, I was glued to this book
till its very last word.”
- FULLSTOP
“Andrew's indefatigable positivity and
compassion for students shine through.”
- Adina Glickman, Center for Teaching and
Learning, Stanford University
“Written in an accessible, no-nonsense
style and filled with anecdotes, this
book is full of practical advice about
everyday problems that anyone aged
13—or 30, for that matter—will find
useful.”
- The Straits Times
“Finally, a guide for youths to navigate the
tumultuous jungles of teenage-dom... also a
useful tool for teachers and parents to
understand today's teens and their world.”
- Glenn Lim, Singapore Youth Award winner
#1 on the Popular
Children’s Bestseller List
From professor to taxi driver
When Dr. Cai Mingjie, a lifelong scientist and university
professor, lost his job at a leading research institute in
Singapore, his world collapsed around him. Despite having
published numerous papers and a Stanford PhD, he could
not find a suitable job. Disheartened by the global financial
crisis, he became a taxi driver, the Singaporean job of last
resort.
While driving a cab he jotted down notes about his
experiences and posted them on his blog, quickly
becoming an internet celebrity with close to one million hits
so far.
This book includes edited posts from his blog plus
exclusive new material from him. Experience the real
Singapore and join Dr. Cai as he recounts true stories
about naïve prostitutes and lecherous johns, abusive
customers and kind strangers, violent drivers and heart-
wrenching encounters.
Diary of a Taxi Driver
True stories from Singapore’s
most educated cabdriver
