Quickie Review
Here are the correct answers from the verbal quickie review of vocabulary words.
Vocabulary List (Ch. 7, first part)
This vocabulary exercise has not been assigned--yet. It would be good to review if you have time.
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Summary of class discussion
The sentences that best summarize this first half of the chapter are on page 233:
"Smoking was never cool. Smokers are cool."
These sentences emphasize that projects designed to end the epidemic of teen smoking don't often work because they are targeting the activity--smoking--and not the "cool" people. Gladwell identified common traits of teen smokers, and found that they typically are outgoing types with whom people want to socialize.
"Smoking was never cool. Smokers are cool."
These sentences emphasize that projects designed to end the epidemic of teen smoking don't often work because they are targeting the activity--smoking--and not the "cool" people. Gladwell identified common traits of teen smokers, and found that they typically are outgoing types with whom people want to socialize.
Homework
Read the second part of Chapter 7, pages 233-252.