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 * //My Freshman Year//**

In this part of Nathan’s book, //My Freshman Year,// she talks mostly about community and what it means to be a community. She talks about communities in college, dorms, and a group of friends. In college life she realized that people are not as participatory as they used too. Now college students would rather skip out on something that actually attend. This occurred in her dorm community as well. With many options to create a community not many freshmen were enthusiastic about it. The RA would set up several movie nights, but either very few people came, or none at all. She notes that people want to be apart of the community, but not willing to commit or put in the effort. She found that the most sense of community was in a friends social group. They would offer to pick up someone from their class or hang out. In these social groups, were also a diverse group of friends. Many seniors have admitted they often have conversations with other students about religion or race. I think this says that you don’t need to be a part of a community, if you have a group of friends. This suggests that in college life freshman and/or students don’t participate in dorm or college community activities, because they are already a part of their own community.


 * //The Mind at Work//**

In Mike Rose’s introduction to, //The Mind at Work,// he talks about all his close relatives work. His uncle Frank worked as a mechanic and his mom worked as a waitress. He remembers visiting them at work and observing their work pattern. He also talks about how his family was never educated. I’m not really sure what this has to do with college life yet. Maybe to show us how lucky it is for us to have a college education and we should take advantage of this opportunity.