A Cheap Education

A coming of age fiction based on fact story. In 1970, A kid from the wrong side of the tracks wins a full scholarship to an Ivy League college in Philadelphia. He learns that education from the streets and hard knocks is a lot more valuable than what he learns in the classroom.

Prologue
The Spring of 1969 was a tense time for a variety of reasons. The oldest of seven children in a military family in Norfolk, Virg ...

Chapter 1: Know What You are Getting Into!
Chapter 1 ACE - DRAFT EXCERPTLesson 1: Know what you are getting into!         The weeke ...

Special Commentary
SPECIAL COMMENTARYFor a fiction-based-on-fact book, the facts are real. This research can be especially time-consuming, and some ...

Chapter 2: Do Your Homework!
Chapter 2 ACE - EXCERPTLesson 2: Do your homework!               ...

Chapter 3: Approach New Relationships with Optimism
Chapter 3 ACE - EXCERPTLesson: Approach New Relationships with Optimism and Caution       &n ...

Chapter 4: Keep on Trying
Chapter 4 ACE - EXCERPTLesson: Keep on Trying           Aaron had plenty ...

Chapter 5: Try New Things
CHAPTER 5 - EXCERPTLesson: Try New Things           Aaron h ...

Chapter 6: Relationships Can Be Tough
Chapter 6 ACE - DRAFT EXCEPT ONLYLesson: Relationships Can Be Tough  Having started the week with both a hangover and a sor ...

Chapter 7: Reaching Out Can be Fun
EXCEPT - DRAFT ONLY           Aaron faced the challenge of making m ...

Chapter 8: Survival Takes Determination
Chapter 8 ACE - EXCERPT ONLYLesson: Survival Takes DeterminationThe next major milestone would be Thanksgiving, immediately foll ...

Chapter 9: Momentum for First Home Stretch
Chapter 9 ACE EXCERPT ONLYLesson: Momentum for First Home StretchOnce identifying the listings for various art galleries, theate ...

Chapter 10: Taking Chances
Chapter 10 ACE - EXCERPTLesson: Taking Chances Aaron did not mind going to the art galleries and openings on his own. However, h ...

Chapter 11: Wrapping It Up
Chapter 11 ACE - EXCERPTLesson: Wrapping it Up The theater production he saw with Patrice and the Peale Gallery opening wer ...

Chapter 12: You Can’t Go Home Again
Chapter 12 ACE - DRAFT ONLYLesson: You Can’t Go Home Again After the long bus trip to Norfolk, Aaron was pleased to s ...

Chapter 13: Everything Takes Work
Chapter 13 ACE - EXCERPT ONLYLesson: Everything Takes Work The first order of business for his Fall 1970 semester would be ...

Chapter 14: Focus on the Tasks at Hand
Chapter 14 ACELesson: Focus on the Tasks at Hand He had thought it through over the semester break and now to make it a rea ...