Changing Society : Readings for the Engaged Writer,9780132379403

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Changing Society : Readings for the Engaged Writer

by Schwab, Jerome; Love, Amy

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9780132379403

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0132379406

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10/29/2009

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Longman

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This thematic reader helps develop writers by exposing them to readings that are immediately relevant to their lives as students, consumers, and citizens, and seeking to awaken social consciousness and encourage involvement. Rich with discussion questions and writing prompts focusing on critical reading and rhetoric, this text explores not only how society is changing, but also how students can participate in changing it in the interests of social justice, peace, and preservation of communities and the environment.

Preface For Instructors	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Reading Effectively	p. 1
The Writing Process	p. 7
A New Millennium on Campus	p. 17
Student Debt	p. 18
Econ 101: College Is the Time to Budget	p. 19
From University Class President to Bank Robber	p. 23
Fury over Student Loan Kickback Allegation	p. 34
Generation Debt: The Dirty Business of Deregulated Credit	p. 38
Debt Education: Bad for the Young, Bad for America	p. 45
An Alert to the Dangers of Student Debt: The Student Debt Initiative	p. 55
Making Connections	p. 58
Taking Action	p. 58
Digital Distractions	p. 60
The Multitasking Generation	p. 61
The Next Step in Brain Evolution	p. 71
The Techno-Flux Effect	p. 75
Meet the Life Hackers	p. 78
Just Too Much: Young Folks Burn Out on Online Sharing	p. 89
Hooked on the Web: Help is on the Way	p. 93
Making Connections	p. 98
Taking Action	p. 99
Cyber U.-Education Online	p. 100
School Away From School	p. 101
To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It's All About Me	p. 108
Internet Creates New Opportunities for Cheating, but Also Learning	p. 112
Don't Discredit My Online Degree	p. 116
Learning, Virtually	p. 118
A Congressman Questions the Quality and Rigor of Online Education	p. 124
Making Connections	p. 127
Taking Action	p. 127
Agents of Change	p. 129
Getting Involved	p. 130
My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student	p. 131
Gen Y's Ego Trip	p. 138
Shaped by 9/11, Millennials Are Socially Conscious	p. 141
Political Engagement and Service Learning, a Gandhian Perspective	p. 145
Generation We and the 2008 Election	p. 155
Reflections of a Non-Political Man	p. 163
Making Connections	p. 168
Taking Action	p. 169
Volunteerism-Is it for You?	p. 171
Fixing? Helping? Or Serving?	p. 172
"Alternative" Spring Breaks: Helping Poor and Homeless	p. 180
Why Young People Are Volunteering in Record Numbers	p. 182
Putting the "National" in National Service	p. 186
Doing Disservice: The Benefits and Limits of Volunteerism	p. 193
Voluntary Work and the Needs of Strangers	p. 198
Making Connections	p. 206
Taking Action	p. 206
Maybe Heroism Isn't Dead	p. 207
Heroes I Have Taught-and Who Have Taught Me	p. 208
Jesuit Greg Boyle, Gang Priest	p. 211
Heroism and Biology	p. 218
What Is a Hero?	p. 222
Heroines and Role Models	p. 228
The Ambivalence of Political Courage	p. 231
Making Connections	p. 239
Taking Action	p. 240
Media-Mirrors or Makers of Change?	p. 241
The Culture of Television	p. 242
Take a Break from TV-Yeah, Right	p. 243
Image Slaves: Everybody Wants to Be on Television	p. 245
Watching TV Makes You Smarter	p. 254
Tuning In, Tuning Out	p. 261
Does Television Erode Social Capital?	p. 271
The CSI Effect	p. 276
Making Connections	p. 282
Taking Action	p. 283
Body Image-If You Don't Like It, Change It	p. 284
Pretty Unreal	p. 285
The Price of Perfection	p. 289
For You, My Lovely, A Facelift	p. 298
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall... Are Muscular Men the Best of All?	p. 302
"Thinspiration": Online Websites Promote Eating Disorders	p. 306
The Ugliness Problem	p. 310
Making Connections	p. 312
Taking Action	p. 313
Dirty Secrets-What We Don't Know and Why	p. 315
Whitewash at Ground Zero	p. 316
They Die Piece by Piece	p. 319
Whistleblower or Troublemaker, Bunny Greenhouse Isn't Backing Down	p. 325
Weaving Your Community's Master Narrative	p. 330
Best Coverage Money Can Buy	p. 335
Secret Service: Against Privacy and Transparency	p. 338
Making Connections	p. 344
Taking Action	p. 345
The Challenge of Change	p. 347
Burning Issues-Energy and Cars	p. 348
America's Great Headache	p. 349
The Autonomist Manifesto	p. 353
Kicking the Petroleum Habit: Ending Auto-Domination	p. 361
Fueling Our Transportation Future	p. 366
The Long Emergency	p. 372
Can America Go Green?	p. 379
Making Connections	p. 383
Taking Action	p. 384
America Behind Bars	p. 385
My So-Called Life	p. 386
Hotel California: Prisons and Punishment	p. 394
Toxic Recycling	p. 398
Hundreds of Thousands of Inmates Mentally 3	p. 403
Dying Well in Corrections: Why Should We Care?	p. 406
Changing the Lives of Prisoners: A New Agenda	p. 414
Making Connections	p. 420
Taking Action	p. 421
Who Is a Patriot?	p. 422
Footprints on the Flag	p. 423
Patriotism and Sacrifice	p. 426
And Our Flag Was Still There	p. 432
Facing Away from the Flag	p. 435
Representative Thune Introduces Flag Protection Amendment	p. 438
Desecration	p. 441
Making Connections	p. 444
Taking Action	p. 444
Writing With Sources	p. 445
The Research Paper	p. 448
Credits	p. 452
Index of Authors and Titles	p. 456
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