Reader’s Guide Questions
1. Did you enjoy the book? Why or why not?
2. How did Blackwood feel when she explored the university campus just before she began her studies and saw the young students hanging out in the corridors?
3. The writer usually drove everywhere. Do you think it was a tough decision to take the bus to school every time she had classes? What were the advantages? What are your impressions about public transportation?
4. It must have been difficult for the writer to scale back on her social life to attend university. What are some of the things she gave up?
5. It seems that the first time the writer felt out of touch was attending her first class and a student beside her used his cell phone to take a picture of the professor’s slide on the overhead. What went through her mind then?
