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Book Review of My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student

My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student
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It was a brilliant idea, a professor becoming a student to figure out why no one does the required reading or stays after class to talk to the prof. But due to ethical provisions, we never get to hear much of the student's stories. Instead, we hear a professor talk about how hard it is to be a student these days. As an anthropology student myself, I can tell you it can be even harder, taking classes full time, working, dealing with family. The book was based on a good idea, but she doesn't pull it off. Her writing is flaccid at times, and at other times she talks about things completely off base from her original study (international students and how they feel about their American classmates?).