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| This Book Is Not Required: An Emotional Survival Manual for Students | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 22319
Category: Book
Authors: Inge Bell, Bernard Mcgrane, John Gunderson
Publisher: Pine Forge Press
Studio: Pine Forge Press
Manufacturer: Pine Forge Press
Label: Pine Forge Press
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1412910110
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.198
EAN: 9781412910118
ASIN: 1412910110
Publication Date: December 9, 2004
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 Pushing her buddist/socialist idealogies onto students December 1, 2001
7 out of 30 found this review helpful
I am a returning college student and had to purchase and read this book as a requiremnet for a class. What I found is that Inge Bell is just pushing her personal buddist/socialist ideas onto young students who are just starting to experience the feelings of freedom that comes with becoming an adult. It's amazing to me that someone who made their career in academia has only everything negative to say about it. Grades are an important benchmark to help you gauge your progress of learning and if you don't get good grades it is usually from to much partying and not enough self discipline (not what most college students want to hear). But that's OK with her, she just blames all of societies problems on these institutions of higher learning and their professors.
I think this book does a disservice to students and if you must read it to try and balance this onesided view, which you'll have to do on your own because most instructors who require this book for their class won't dare provide any others views that will contradict the one presented in this book!
 It Should Be Required October 6, 2000
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am a college instructor, and I use this book in my introductory level classes. It is especially useful for incoming freshman just out of high school. The book discusses grades, teachers, term papers, graduation, and life in general, subjects often confusing to new college students. I highly recommend this book to people entering the college environment.
The most educational book I read in college! September 10, 1999
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought this book at the campus bookstore several years ago when I was still in college. It was then, and still is (8 years later) a great and educational book. Despite what they tell you in high school, college isn't just about grades. In fact, I'd say grades are pretty low on the list of what's important about your college years. This is a time of personal growth! Something the professors could care less about. Anyone can get good grades if they study. But what type of person are you? And what type of person are you going to be in life? I know, it sounds pretty deep, but trust me, this Inge Bell person has got it goin' on! This book will help you figure these things out. BUY IT! READ IT! LIVE IT! Don't worry about which commander defeated which army on what date. Or how many elements are in the periodic table. Let professor knows-it-all stress over writing his 40 page thesis so that he can keep his tenure at the University and not have to deal with the real world. I went to 3 different colleges in 5 years and graduated (yes, I did graduate) with a BA in Communication. It is now 8 years later and I remember more from this book than I learned from any professor. By the way, since graduation, I have been on a lot of interviews! Not once has anyone ever asked me about my grades. The same goes for most of my friends from college. You want a good job after college? Here's the secret: INTERNSHIPS! Companies want experience. I didn't intern because I had no idea what I wanted to do after college but if you think you know what you want to do, I'd say you will go farther from an internship with good references than a 4.0 GPA any day. But I digress. This book is awesome! Check it out. Wow, I really freaked out on this review, didn't I?
A life-changing book. August 1, 1999
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
My best friend and I discovered the first edition of this book in a used bookstore while we were in college. We talked about and quoted its advice for the rest of our time in school, and even now that we've graduated, the book still comes up in our conversations from time to time. Bell's chapter on love is worth the price of the book in itself; it distills academic critiques of Western notions of romantic love into clear-headed advice for young people learning to deal with sex and relationships. But that's only a small part of a book about what it really means to learn and think for yourself, what it means to be a good teacher, and all the ways the modern university can fail to support true learning. Everything from the chapter on questioning conventional career ambitions to the section on the definition of the self is influenced by progressive sociology and Eastern spirituality, but Bell presents her challenging ideas in ways that her student audience can easily relate to. I recommend the book to anyone who's in college. It'll rearrange your mind and get you thinking about your life and your surroundings in ways you never have before.
An essential book for college undergrads December 11, 1998
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
"This book was written for me." That is what you will say after reading the first few chapters. It tells all about why we do the things that we do in college, such as procrastinating, cramming, lazyness, and other college-related things. It also explains professors and how to get on their good side and why they act the way they do. This book also explains college love and what happens when you graduate. Inge Bell is completely on the level with us, it make you feel as though you have a link to the inside of college institutions. It's a must-read.
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