What I Wish I'd Known in High School: The Second Semester

by John Bytheway

Rrrrring . . . Class is back in session with John Bytheway. In this sequel to his best-selling What I Wish I'd Known in High A Crash Course in Teenage Survival, John Bytheway approaches the deep-down, soul-searching questions that teenagers ponder. He outlines each chapter as if it were a class in high school. 'Classes' cover such subjects as repentance, recognizing the Spirit, prayer, and preparing for the temple. The author has looked for answers to questions in the scriptures and from the words of the prophets. A lively lunch break between classes is vintage Bytheway. Teenagers will better understand the gospel when they read the answers to some of their own questions in John's humorous yet teaching book.

Genres: Lds, Religion, Inspirational, Self Help, Nonfiction

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

John Bytheway (born October 1962) is an American author and academic, who is well known as a comic motivational speaker for youth within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in Salt Lake City, Bytheway attended the University of Utah and Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, receiving a Master's Degree in Religious Education. He also served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Philippines.

Bytheway is a religious studies instructor at BYU, currently focusing on the Book of Mormon. He also serves on the Aaronic Priesthood/Young Women Writing Committee for the LDS Church. Bytheway and his wife Kimberly have six children.

Reviews

[Lindsay · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Deseret Book App! You run across oldies but goodies like this one. So fun to listen to with my teens. We laughed at a few things that definitely dated the book, but overall many of the tips were still just as relevant today as they were when the book was written.

[Sascha Packard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of the funniest books I have ever read, and it felt like I was getting a warm hug from the author. I wish it was longer and I highly recommend the audiobook!

[03whitneyr · Rating 4 out of 5]

What I Wish I'd Known in High School: The Second Semester By John Bytheway is an awesome book if you are it to those cheesy, inspirational, Mormon books. Fortunately I am one of those crazy Mormons who just can't seem get enough. This book is quite cheesy if I say so myself, but I loved it.
This book is a sequel to the book "What I Wish I'd Known in High School: A Crash Course in Teenage Survival. (equally as cheesy) I read the first book not that long ago and loved it. So naturally I was excited when my mom brought me home the sequel. In this book John Bytheway goes through the periods of a day to let you in on what he'd known in high school. He starts off the book in 1st period with the subject of Attitude, and how attitude is everything. He covers spiritual health in 2nd period, he also talks about how the best way to feel better is to serve. After repentance in third period, we get a lunch break. During lunch he takes you to a peculiar place in time and feeds you some interesting food. There are also some ridiculous "games" to play during lunch. Throughout the rest of the book he talks about "spiritual stuff" and how to improve your prayers. He tells you that it is okay to use your imagination, even though your no longer a kid, Te tells you that it is okay to dream a little. In the end he tells you how to prepare for the "University of the Lord." (the temple)
This was a fun book and I love quotes so this was a great book for me with all of the quotes for scriptures, prophets, and apostles. My favorite quote was from President Monson, he said "Daddy, don't you trust me?"-"I don't entirely trust myself. One never gets too old nor too high in the church that the adversary gives up on him" (page 32) I recommend this book to every Mormon teen striving to do what is right in this crazy, messed up world that we live in.

[€ℒᓰzᗩßℯЋ ツ · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a super good book. It was written for the teens, and about the teens, and definitely gave me tons of advice that I needed to know to go in high school. I might reread it my senior year just to see how much from that book that I used, and what I didn't.

But it really taught me a lot that I can use, LOTS of advice. Towards the end of the book, the author (an amazing speaker if I might add) challeneged anyone reading the book to try and not watch TV for a month. At first I was like, you're crazy. But he convinced me to do it, just to see if the reader was strong enough to shut out the world for a month. And I did it! I did it last year for the whole month of November, and I really found out how much TV I was watching. It was a fun experience, and I definitely got a lot of reading done.

[Kiera · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a funny book, and pretty dead on from what I remember. A fun read....anytime I think? But I haven't read it since high school...

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

again, freaking good

[Illa Jones]

not as good as the "7 habits" book :/