Week 3 Reading (Is this Kansas)

This reading seemed to start off very clearly and simply. The author was disturbed by how college towns have a certain disregard for the laws and norms of behavior that the rest of society must abide by, and she used descriptive language and specific example to relate to her audience and illustrate her point. She briefly mentioned that the hope was for the students to grow into perfectly reasonable members of society like the other midwestern adults and I thought that was going to be one of her main points.Then I was quite surprised to find that one of her examples that seemed just like the others turned out to reverse that idea and surprisingly turn the situation around and regrasp my attention. The reading now seemed to be focused on the naivety of the students which came from the area they live. Then there seemed to be random racial references that I didn't really understand the point of  and the point the whole reading just became unclear with the Katrina references. With the storm coming to the college, however, came back the idea that the students had a way of life that was different and naive with the disregard shown in the beginning of the reading. This time the student's reactions to the Katrina provided a good background to make that point.