Hacking Your Education by Dale J. Stephens is deserving of only 2 Teacups! Some of the advice in this book is great for those who are wanting to start up their own business or go into a mega startup but this is not very helpful for people who truly want to discontinue college or even HS and take their own path to education. There are a lot better resources out there for homeschooling and self-study than this book gives. The info in here basically teaches you how to network and some of it is good advice for both college-bound and non-college-bound youth but that's about all you get.
I rarely, if ever, give two teacups (On my blogs I rate by Teacups because I love books and tea) but I gave this 2 Teacups because he actually advises people to crash college courses that others pay 100s if not 1000s of dollars to sit in on and also he advises people (primarily the youth) to crash conferences where again others pay 100s or 1000s of dollars to attend these conferences. It might seem fun to him but there are people there who do need to make an income such as professors at the universities and also those who set up the conferences or tend to the food (which yes is often free) and other smaller jobs that aren't getting their pay if people are crashing.
So, I would take the advice in this book with a very large grain of salt and be careful what you do in the future because yes, you could be breaking the law by following some of his advice. I recommend this book only if you are wanting to learn about legal and proper networking!
