Improving Reading Skills Book

	Preface
	To the Student
	Introduction	1
	Sample Reading Selection: "Reading, Writing, and Technology"	4
	How Not to Be an Oaf at the Supermarket	23
	A Slave Witness of a Slave Auction	32
	Its OK to Be Smart	41
	La Vida Loca ('The Crazy Life'): Two Generations of Gang Members	48
	The Three Stress Situations	58
	The Unseen Homeless Women	66
	The Conveyor-Belt Ladies	75
	The Life and Death of a Western Gladiator	89
	Enjoying the Great Indoors	100
	The Vanuatuan Origins of Bungee Jumping	108
	Gawk Shows	117
	The $165,000 Restaurant Tab	128
	Sea Islands' South Africa	137
	The New Plantations	144
	In Praise of Bats	149
	The Women Who Dared to Drive	167
	Why You Should Read to Your Kids	178
	Learning by Doing: Apprenticeship Programs	188
	Greetings from the Electronic Plantation: A Day in the Life of the Working Poor	199
	Jobs: Skills before Credentials	212
	Don't Think about It Too Much	222
	Where Do We Stand?	231
	The Doctor's Dilemma	245
	A Tale of Two Proms, One Black, One White	254
	A Hanging	264
	Teaching Right From Wrong	275
	Medical Technology Puts the Biological Clock on Hold	288
	Frankenstein's Baby	292
	Animal Rights: Right or Wrong?	299
	The Abominable Snowman: Is He Still Out There?	321
	The Pill Turns 30	331
	As Lazy as a Beaver	344
	Mysteries of the Very, Very Deep	355
	Sizing Up the Sexes	365
	A Night of Ice and Death	380
	How Asian Teachers Polish Each Lesson to Perfection	399
	It Takes Two to Tango	413
	Using the Dictionary	431
	Study Skills: Techniques for Improving Your Study Habits	441
	Reading Comprehension Progress Chart	471
	Index	473