Students' reports of their experience inform and underscore many of the points made. Many of the author's contentions are apt but not unfamiliar. They are however usefully brought out here. I found myself agreeing with much of what Chambers has to say about the difficulties of introductory philosophy courses and thought too that her suggestions of how to cope with them were useful. I would though have liked to have seen some more detail about how some of the suggestions are to be implemented.
Chambers seems to recommend ethics as a more approachable subject than epistemology.
Students will vary and precisely what engages one student will leave another cold.