Proverbs and Parables: Advice that Sticks

Authors

  • Sung Hee Kim University of Kentucky

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26209/mj1761256

Keywords:

advice, parables, proverbs, sticks

Abstract

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Author Biography

Sung Hee Kim, University of Kentucky

Sung Hee Kim, Ph.D., is an associate professor and director of Advising in Psychology at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. She can be reached at shkim00@uky.edu.

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Vol. 17 (2015): The Mentor: An Academic Advising Journal

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