Unit 1 Critical Reading and Thinking 1
Before You Read 2
Reading Passage 3
Critical Reading and Thinking 3
After You Read 5
Supplementary Reading 9
Improving Your Decision Making with Critical Reading 9
Unit 2 Persistence and Success 12
Before You Read 13
Reading Passage 14
Persistence and Success 14
After You Read 17
Supplementary Reading 20
You Are Made for Success 20
Unit 3 Lack of Trust Is a Barrier to Progress 22
Before You Read 23
Reading Passage 24
Lack of Trust Is a Barrier to Progress 24
After You Read 26
Supplementary Reading 28
Who Do You Trust and Why? 28
Unit 4 How Does Your Work Make You Feel? 31
Before You Read 32
Reading Passage 33
How Does Your Work Make You Feel? 33
After You Read 37
Supplementary Reading 40
Cultural Conflicts in the Workplace 40
Unit 5 Self-Esteem and Child Development 44
Before You Read 45
Reading Passage 46
Too Much Self-Esteem Spoils Your Child 46
After You Read 49
Supplementary Reading 54
High Self-Esteem May Be Culturally Universal 54
Unit 6 When Good Isn't Good Enough 56
Before You Read 57
Reading Passage 58
When Good Isn't Good Enough 58
After You Read 61
Supplementary Reading 64
House-Warming Barbecue That Turned to Tragedy 64
Unit 7 Home Is Where the School Is 68
Before You Read 69
Reading Passage 70
Home Is Where the School Is 70
After You Read 74
Supplementary Reading 77
Online Schooling Grows,Setting off a Debate 77
Unit 8 Family Structures and Values 81
Before You Read 82
Reading Passage 83
Family Structures and Values around the Globe 83
After You Read 85
Supplementary Reading 1 90
Family as Institution 90
Supplementary Reading 2 92
Roles and Relationships 92
Unit 9 Why Isn't There Gender Equity in Higher Education? 95
Before You Read 96
Reading Passage 97
Why Isn't There Gender Equity in Higher Education? 97
After You Read 100
Supplementary Reading 102
The"Advance Guard" 102
Unit 10 Web Destroys Research Papers 105
Before You Read 106
Reading Passage 107
Web Destroys Research Papers 107
After You Read 111
Supplementary Reading 113
How Dumb Do They Think We Are? 113
Unit 11 How Does the Use of the Internet Affect Social Interaction? 117
Before You Read 118
Reading Passage 119
Internet Use Decreases Social Interaction 119
After You Read 123
Supplementary Reading 127
The Internet Connects People 127
Unit 12 Media Violence Causes Youth Violence 132
Before You Read 133
Reading Passage 134
Media Violence Causes Youth Violence 134
After You Read 139
Supplementary Reading 142
Taking Aim at Show Biz 142
Unit 13 Gates May Change Direction to Philanthropy 145
Before You Read 146
Reading Passage 147
Gates May Change Direction to Philanthropy 147
After You Read 150
Supplementary Reading 154
Good Bill,Bad Bill,and the Art of Philanthropy 154
Unit 14 To Be or Not to Be Single 157
Before You Read 158
Reading Passage 159
To Be or Not to Be Single 159
After You Read 162
Supplementary Reading 1 167
In the Meantime:What to Do While Waiting on God? 167
Supplementary Reading 2 170
Rethinking the Gift of Singleness 170
Unit 15 Project Green 174
Before You Read 175
Reading Passage 176
Project Green 176
After You Read 179
Supplementary Reading 182
See the Wood for the Fuel 182