Ch. 6 Summarizer - Natalie

In chapter six Nathan says “I turn now to consider how students at Any-U negotiate their lives at college so you, my readers, can make your own judgments about the model of campus life that now predominates” (pg 110). In this chapter Nathan looks at the different aspects of college and the issues and choices students make from how to manage their time down to the art of mastering their class schedules. The first aspect of college she talks about is time management to college management. She states, “The key to succeeding at college is effort and good planning. If you plan your time well, you can have it all” (pg 111). The second is creating the perfect schedule. The following are three rules for creating the perfect schedule: “Don’t take early classes, don’t take classes on Friday, and don’t take any class with an unknown professor” (pg 113). Thirdly, is the issue of professors and how to “deal with them”. There are also three key rules to follow in accomplishing the task of getting to know your professor: “be friendly with them, go to class, and sit in front” (pg 117). Fourthly, she talks about the workload students have and how they tend to do only what is necessary nothing above or extra. Most students don’t have a perfect record of attendance and if attendance isn’t taken in a class it’s much easier to skip a class. She also talks a lot about cheating. Maybe more then she needs to, but it’s something that is very important and matters a lot to her. She herself is a professor and does not tolerate cheating. The last thing she talks about is going from a freshman to a senior. She praises those “successful, savvy seniors who” made it all the way (pg 129). She says, It is instructive to look, finally, at those who managed well: college seniors” (pg 129).