Reading and All That Jazz: Tuning Up Your Reading, Thinking, and Study Skills, 2/e

Peter Mather, Glendale Community College
Rita McCarthy, Glendale Community College

Topics, Main Ideas, and Details

Journal

Topic, Main Ideas, and Details

Reading Selection:

What Women Don't Understand About Guys, by Dave Barry

In Your Own Words


1		Although Barry is humorously overstating his case, do you think his position has any validity? Are men and women really as different as he portrays them to be? Base your answers on your own personal experience.

Reading Selection:

This is 911... Please Hold


2		What are some things that should be included in a public education campaign about the appropriate use of 911?

In Your Own Words


3		Have you ever called 911? When? It you did, was the situation really an emergency? If it was not really an emergency, how could you have dealt with it more appropriately?



4		You arrive home and find that your house has been burglarized but the burglar is gone. Would you call 911 or a non-emergency number? Why?



5		In 1997, President Clinton proposed the use of 311 for non-emergency calls. Do you think a non-emergency number such as 311 is a good idea? Why or why not?

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