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 24
4．At Last He Said 24
5．Letters to Anne Frank's Father 32
6．My Circle of Friends 41
Unit Three 48
7．The Brain's Balancing Act 48
8．Upending the Traditional Farm 54
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 74
12．Death In the Open 81
Unit Five 86
13．We're Too Busy for Ideas 86
14．Get a Grip 93
15．Hold Your Horsepower 100
Unit Six 107
16．Two Unique"I DO's" 107
17．The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 114
18．Looking for Love Where My Mother Never Could 121
Unit Seven 128
19．The Soul of a Champion:A Letter to Michael Jordan 128
20．Do Heroes Exist? 135
21．Tyranny of Weakness 142
Unit Eight 147
22．Overcoming an Invisible Handicap 147
23．A Liberating Curriculum 154
24．In Defense of Testing 161
Glossary 166