Unit 1 School Daze..................................1Unit 2 Crossing the Line........................15Unit 3 My Slice of the Pie......................27Unit 4 I Said It My Way ..........................39Unit 5 It’s Not Easy Being Good............51Unit 6 Scientifically Speaking................65Unit 7 The Nature of Things—EnvironmentalConcerns .............................................................77Unit 8 All Stressed Out and No Place to Go................................................................................89Unit 9 Small Talk—Not Deep, but Important............................................................................103Unit 10 High-Tech Communication—A Curse ora Blessing .......................................................119Unit 11 Humor—Can Laughter Be the BestMedicine ...............................................................135Unit 12 Academic Dishonesty—How Common IsCheating ......................................................151Unit 13 Exporting AmericanCulture—McDonaldization of the World .....................................169Unit 14 The Time Bind—Are Twenty-Four Hoursa Day Enough ...............................................185Unit 15 Marketing Techniques—Are We ReallyInfluenced .......................................................201Unit 16 Changes on Earth—It’s Not What ItUsed to Be .............................................................217Appendix A: Note Taking.........................233Appendix B: Paraphrasing.......................236Appendix C: Informal Panel Discussions.......................................................................................238Appendix D: Oral Presentation FeedbackForms..........................................................................241Appendix E: Learning Styles Survey—How DoYou Learn Best ....................................................244Appendix F: Transcripts...........................247