In Ken Bain’s What the Best College Students Do, Bain explores the categories of learners, and their lasting effects. There are three current representatives of the modern learner: surface learning (guided primarily towards memorizing topics), deep learning (questioning and analyzing all aspects of learning), and strategic learning (learning materials, but with little to no motivation, according to Bain. I personally will admit that I have been strategic for some aspects of my high school and college careers. I personally don’t believe that is relatively a bad thing, however, Bain portrays this style of learning to be very negative and lazy. According to Bain, “…[strategic learners] could write a five page essay in their sleep, but most of what they wrote had precious little meaning for them. Their education had at best only small influences on the way they would subsequently think, act, or feel. No wonder they approach college like a series of hurdles to jump rather than the exciting ride of a lifetime. I feel that Bain does not really put much emotional thought towards those who are strategic learners. He really puts emphasis on how people who are able to learn at a deep level will be most successful in life and all of the other learners are less important and will in evidently struggle. In my perspective, not all people are going to be interested in every single topic that they are given in school. Even Jeff Hawkins agreed that he had little interest with his studies in college, and would rather focus on more of his passions. For me, college is a useful tool, but it also is necessary for the career that I want to be in. Therefore, in some of my core curriculum classes, for example, psychology, I am not going to be completely devoted towards that subject because that is not what I want to do for a living. Bain appears to be shaming people based off of their lack of passion towards all aspects of learning. Bain also claims that all strategic learners are mentally only thinking of college as one giant struggle. First of all, college is not a vacation, its meant for freedom which can be fun, but it is meant for a higher level of learning. Ofcourse it is going to be tough, its supposed to be a challenge. Not all strategic learners are going to have a negative perspective throughout all of their college years, but they do need to emphasize that they are investing their time and money in order to graduate (yes, there is a point to graduate, even if it does sound negative to Bain), and reach their career goals. Therefore, college is only a small portion of life, and learning is important, but Bain should take a different approach when degrading the majority of today’s students for not being entirely devoted to their school work.