This Book Is Not Required : An Emotional Survival Manual for Students

by Bell, Inge; McGrane, Bernard

• ISBN13: 9780761985723
• ISBN10: 0761985727
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-08-01
• Publisher: Pine Forge Press

Summary

This revised edition of a modern classic remains faithful to the vision of the late Inge Bell - to encourage students to educate themselves by calling their attention to the personal, social, intellectual, and spiritual demands and opportunities presented by college and university life - the total university experience.The revision has been undertaken by a team of college students under the direction of Bernard McGrane. This participatory venture transmits to the reader the same sense of participation and excitement.

Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition	xi	(4)
Preface to the Second Edition	xv
1. Grades: Can You Perform Without the Pressure?	1	(21)
2. Support Your Local Teacher: Or, The Care and Feeding of Professors	22	(17)
3. An Academic Question	39	(14)
4. Everybody Hates to Write	53	(15)
5. Wisdom and Knowledge	68	(17)
6. Pursuing Wisdom in the Academy	85	(23)
7. Adventures in Desocialization	108	(28)
8. Media Me	136	(10)
9. Students, Media Mythology, and Making a Difference	146	(19)
10. The Painful Avenues of Upward Mobility	165	(21)
11. The Career: Friend or Foe?	186	(17)
12. Love	203	(31)
13. Trouble With Parents	234	(21)
14. Graduation-What They Forgot to Mention	255	(14)
15. Directing Your Own Development	269	(13)
Appendices	282	(27)
1. World Wide Web References	282	(2)
2. For Teachers and Students Using This Book	284	(3)
3. Buddhist Sociology	287	(14)
4. About the Author and Contributors	301	(8)
References	309	(4)
Index	313