Discussion Leader for Ch. 8 by Chip Fox

1.) What do you think was the main point of her experiment?
We think the main point of her experiment was to get a better understanding of the students she was teaching and to research a particular culture that seems to be completely different than when she went to college.

2.) What do you think was the hardest part of going back to college for her?
We think the hardest part of going back to college for her was being social. Since she is considerably older than the general population in that particular culture, it might have been difficult and scary to have to go out and meet people, rather than just staying in her room.

3.) Overall, do you think Nathan had a positive experience during her experiment or a negative experience?
We thought that Nathan had sort of a mixed experience. She had a positive experience because she learned a lot and had some friends that she talked to and got together with. But she had a negative experience because what she learned about the students had a negative tone when she was describing it, and we think she might have been disappointed when she found out how students have their own set friends and usually do not stray from the group.

4.) If you were in her shoes, a professor at a big university, would you go back to college for a year?
Our group voted unanimously “no”. We think it would be very difficult and outside of our comfort zones to go back to college as a grown individual, and have to be around and converse with students much younger than we are.