Basically at the end of the day you’re going to do what you’re required to do to get through as much as it is a requirement to enter into it, they would do the bare minimum and then that’s it. (Student, 2009)
Again the strategic student switches from the first-person I statements to the third-person they. By omitting themselves from the answer a way is found to justify a position. It is not “just” the person speaking who does this, so it is okay! Another student remarked, “Just getting it done, and in on time . . . you know, studying for me was more about getting the essays done” (2009). This represents a more typical strategic perspective.