Released on: February 15, 2008, 3:06 pm

Press Release Author: Yvonne Chen, Nancy Chu, Julia Ha, and Aryatara Kandahsari

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: \"Crossing the Road: A Guide for the College-Bound Chicken\" is
written for students by students, providing decision-making strategies and proof
that young people can make a difference.

Press Release Body: Four high school students embarked on a journey to explore the
world of opportunities and possibilities by taking on the challenge of writing a
book together as mere sophomores. Now, as sophomores in college, these girls are
working to inspire other youth with their book Crossing the Road: A Guide for the
College-Bound Chicken, showing them that anything really is possible - even writing
a book in high school.

Yvonne Chen, Nancy Chu, Julia Ha and Aryatara Kandahsari are four classmates who
decided one day to take a leadership course that their school was offering. Their
teachers, Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Yeh, presented them with a seemingly insurmountable
challenge: as high school sophomores, to whom college seemed like a distant and
mysterious notion, they were to write a book guiding other high school students on
learning how to make the right decisions and take the best actions to reach their
goals, which in this case was college. Although rather skeptical at first, with the
guidance of their teachers they worked on this project for almost two years, and
their book is a product of their hard work, dedication, and friendship, and as a
how-to guide, they are now presenting this book to other students. Published in
December 2005, the students' senior year, it is now available from
http://www.bttsonline.org.

In this book they use the idea of a chicken crossing the road as a metaphor for the
process a student might use to choose to decide whether they want to go to college,
which college they want to attend, and how to get into the selected college. Using
simple flow charts, pros and cons chart, tradeoff analyses, actions plans, and the
like, they guide students through a step-by-step thinking and planning process.
They also help the reader investigate him or herself at a deeper level - a level
that is not muddled with statistics, pressure, and opinions.

These girls believe that their book can really help students make the right
decisions not only for their future but also for their lives. They also believe that
their book can also help students to learn more about themselves and take action in
their pathway to college, not to mention also realize that anything is possible,
even writing a book in high school. What the girls learned most out of this
experience was that they learned to believe in themselves and that the only thing
limiting their potential was the doubt that they once harnessed.

Now the girls are in college: Yvonne Chen is at University of California, Davis;
Nancy Chu is at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania; Julia Ha is attending University
of California, San Diego; and Aryatara Kandahsari is currently pursuing her
education at San Jose State University. Future goals for all four students include
a possible second book and ultimately graduate school.

Teacher and mentor Dr. Raymond Yeh is co-author of The Art of Business: In the
Footsteps of Giants. Crossing the Road: A Guide for the College-Bound Chicken is
published by the Yeh's publishing company, Zero Time Publishing. The girls went to
school at Developing Virtue Secondary School, located in Ukiah, CA, and the school
is a part of Dharma Realm Buddhist Association's main branch, The City of Ten
Thousand Buddhas.


Web Site: http://crossingtheroadbook.googlepages.com

Contact Details: Crossing the Road
4951 Bodhi Way
Ukiah, CA 95482
(510)289-0042
crossingtheroadbook@gmail.com
http://crossingtheroadbook.googlepages.com