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Miscellaneous Philosophy: The Underclassman Years Paperback – January 1, 2005

by Stefan Koski (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars 1 rating
Stefan Koski is not your average high school kid. He’s an eccentric. He’s the class-clown, an anthropophobic loner, and a sarcastic, pessimistic, underachieving slacker. He goes through the regular school day with the kind of contempt that puts him at odds with everyone from his teachers to his offbeat classmates to Amnesty International. And he wrote a book detailing the whole experience.

"Miscellaneous Philosophy: The Underclassman Years" goes in-depth in talking about the average day of high school through the eyes of Koski’s uncommon viewpoint. Satire knows no bounds as he talks about how the metric system was invented by Communists in biology, how Amnesty International is the bane of human existence while suffering through homeroom, and how prison ball is the modern day right-of-passage from boyhood to manhood. He describes, with gripping and laughable detail, the confusion of the Spanish language, the insanity of teaching a lesson about imaginary numbers, and a true account of how his guidance counselor went on a mildly murderous rampage in an effort to get back pictures of his pet pugs. Amidst all the humor and wisecracks, he makes some deeply moving discoveries about himself and his life, brought on by the inspirational stories of his friends who were any combination of athlete, artist, musician, outcast, suicidal, druggie, and nonconformist.

It isn't a manifesto for the glory days of youth, and it's not another crusade for the dorky underdog, but it is something that grabs the conceptual belief of high school by the gonads.

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  1. Print length
    191 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Wheatmark Inc
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 2005
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1587364115
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1587364112
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Stefan Koski takes us on a guided tour of confused adolescence. Using extreme logic, keen observation, and knife-sharp sarcasm, he combines his unique rationalism with anecdotes from his day-to-day life as a high school sophomore.

About the Author

Stefan Koski spent most of his underclassman years attempting to adapt to a high school lifestyle (without much success). His longtime efforts to justify his own aberrations and insecurities during the unhealthy period of adjustment can be seen throughout his first book, "Miscellaneous Philosophy: The Underclassman Years," which was written and published when he was sixteen.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wheatmark Inc
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2005
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 191 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1587364115
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1587364112
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
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  • Geraldine Soon
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-have for Less-than-Perfect Days
    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2007
    This book is just "frickin" hilarious! Right from when you first turn the cover page over to the very end. Stefan is a brilliant writer; he makes high school life sound like a war - and there are always his sarcastic remarks that will never fail to make you LOL - laugh out loud!
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