CONTENTS 1
UNIT ONE 1
1 How to Write a Personal Letter 1
2 Courtesy:Key to a Happier World 8
3 Sunday in the Park 15
UNIT TWO 22
4 Ambition 22
5 Human Intelligence Isn't What We Think It Is 29
6 Kratylus Automates His Urnworks 35
UNIT THREE 43
7 Father and Son 43
8 A Clean,Well-Lighted Place 51
9 Robert Frost's Favorite Poem 59
UNIT FOUR 67
10 Workplace Trends for the 21 st Century 67
11 Second Thoughts on the Information Highway 75
12 Remote Control Surgery 83
UNIT FIVE 91
13 How It Feels to Be Out of Work 91
14 Daddy Tucked the Blanket 98
15 Moon on a Silver Spoon 104
UNIT SIX 111
16 Time to Plan Your Life 111
17 Women in Education 118
18 The Winner Instinct 124
UNIT SEVEN 131
19 Literally 131
20 Coming to an Awareness of Language 139
21 Boring from Within:the Art of the Freshman Essay 146
UNIT EIGHT 153
22 Fighting Fire with Fire 153
23 The Sadness of the Hunter 161
24 No Smoking 169