Ever since he finished his service in Vietnam and became a high school teacher, Dr. Ric Vandett has noticed a very troubling gap. On the one hand, technology in fields like healthcare, business, and communication has made leaps and bounds.

Yet, on the other, none of these have actually addressed age-old problems affecting younger generations. Problems such as self-doubt, depression, disconnection, and anxiety continue to create obstacles in many peoples inner lives.

If anything else, this growing distance seems to only pile on to the problem and prompted him to write his own self-help book. Its title is Hurdles: Surviving Difficult Times, for he sees the worsening problem leading to bigger challenges in 21st-century society.

He has even arranged to have the book exhibited at this years Guadalajara International Book Fair. Also known as Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara (FIL), it is the largest book fair in the Western Hemisphere. The Guadalajara International Book 2024 will be held from November 30 to December 8, 2024, at the prestigious Expo Guadalajara, Av. Mariano Otero 1499, Colonia Verde Valle, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mxico.

Hurdles combines everything from both his experience as a military veteran and high school educator as well as troubling observations he has made on American life since he retired in 2017. The culture wars, polarization, and rising inequality (all often influenced by technology) are generating an atmosphere of hopelessness thats making life challenges even harder. Hence, he hopes to revitalize readers with tried-and-true wisdom and common sense amidst the depressing din of internet noise.

Those curious about Hurdles: Surviving Difficult Times can check it out at the self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnets exhibit at the 2024 Guadalajara International Book Fair at stands #GG40 and #GG42. The display will be from November 30 to December 4.

The book is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. For updates on Dr. Vandetts next publication, visit his website at: https://www.ricvandett.com/.

Author: Dr. Ric Vandett
Published date: January 17, 2023
Publisher: Hawes and Jenkins
Genre:Self-Help

Author Bio

Dr. Ric Vandett retired in 2009 from public education after serving three years as Superintendent of Hickory Public Schools, Hickory, NC.

During a thirty-four-year career in education, he taught high school English and coached football and basketball. As an administrator, he served as a middle school assistant principal, elementary school principal, Director of Instruction, Assistant Superintendent, and Superintendent of Schools.

He earned a BS in English and an MA in Public School Administration from Appalachian State University, in Boone, NC. Ric also earned a Doctorate in Educational Administration from Columbia University in New York in 1998. He served as Director of the Southwest Education Alliance, a consortium of eleven school districts in southwest NC, retiring in 2017. He is a Certified Lay Speaker for the United Methodist Church and has served St. Lukes UMC in Hickory, NC, as a Lay Leader. He is a Rotarian and served as chairperson on the board of Exodus Homes.

Ric is a Vietnam veteran serving with both the First Air Cavalry and the First Infantry Division in 1965 and 1966. He served as Chair of the Foothills Veterans Stand Down Committee for seven years and is on the board of the Foothills Veterans Helping Veterans.

Ric is married to the former Angela McCombs from Creedmoor, NC. They have 4 children, 12 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren.