Unit One 1
1.The Grammarian Who Lost a War of Words 1
2.Berkeley Blues 9
3.Ten Commandments for a College Freshman 16
Unit Two 23
4.At Last He Said 23
5.Letters to Anne Frank's Father 29
6.My Circle of Friends 37
Unit Three 44
7.The Brain's Balancing Act 44
8.Upending the Traditional Farm 52
9.Virtual Water—A Smarter Way to Think about How Much H2O You Use 61
Unit Four 67
10.The Whiny Generation 67
11.A License to Drive 75
12.Death in the Open 82
Unit Five 88
13.We're Too Busy for Ideas 88
14.Get a Grip 96
15.Hold Your Horsepower 103
Unit Six 110
16.Two Unique"I DO's" 110
17.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 118
18.Looking for Love Where My Mother Never Could 127
Unit Seven 133
19.The Soul of a Champion:A Letter to Michael Jordan 133
20.Do Heroes Exist? 140
21.Tyranny of Weakness 149
Unit Eight 155
22.Overcoming an Invisible Handicap 155
23.A Liberating Curriculum 161
24.In Defense of Testing 167