Edmundson wrote that college students these days come to their classes with a consumer view to the classes due to what they see in the media and explains how it has affected their emotions. He continues by writing about the changes and differences in colleges between today and back during his college days. Edmundson declares that in order to have a consumerism view, it means to discard all emotions. He has described nearly all of his students as being self-contained with minimal fire and passion. One scarce time, Edmundson witnessed two students arguing it unfortunately only turned out to be them participating in a role-playing game (325-326). He also discloses within the first paragraph that most of the students he meets seem to be lethargic
