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Narrator: Unit 1, Business, The Q Classroom

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Teacher: Every unit in Q begins with a question. Your answer to the Unit
Question when you start the unit can be different from your answer at
the end of the unit. Let’s start with the Unit 1 question: What is a good
job? Marcus, what do you think?
Marcus: A good job is one that pays a lot of money.
Teacher: Yuna, what do you think? Besides money, what else makes a job good?
Yuna: It’s interesting.
Teacher: OK, let’s talk about that a little more. Felix, what makes a job
interesting?
Felix: For me, a good job is one that has a lot of variety—one where you do
different things every day. I also like to have responsibility—to feel
like the work I do is important.
Teacher: Sophy, what is a good job?
Sophy: It’s a little different for everyone. A good job is one that fits your
personality. For me a good job is one where I work with people.
Teacher: OK, so good jobs have money, variety, responsibility, and let you work
with people. What else makes a job good?
Marcus: It has to be challenging, to make you think. Otherwise it gets boring.

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Narrator: Unit 2, Global Studies, The Q Classroom

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Teacher: The Unit 2 question is “Why do people immigrate to other countries?”

Yuna, why did your family come to this country?
Yuna: So I can go to college here.
Teacher: What are some other reasons people immigrate?
Felix: I think most people immigrate for job opportunities—to find a better
job or because they can’t find a job in their country.
Teacher: OK, education, job opportunity. What else, Sophy? Why do people
immigrate to other countries?
Sophy: A lot of people immigrate to be with family. My uncle and my cousins
came here first, so we came to be with them.
Teacher: Marcus, can you give me another reason? Why else do people
immigrate from other countries?
Marcus: Well, sometimes there’s war or other problems in your own country,
and you have to leave. Sometimes people immigrate for their own
safety.

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Narrator: Unit 3, Sociology, The Q Classroom

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Teacher: The Unit 3 question is, “Why is vacation important?” So, first of all, do
you think vacation is important, Yuna?
Yuna: Yes, I do. Everyone needs to relax.
Teacher: I agree! Why do people need to relax? How does that help us, Sophy?
Sophy: When we spend time away from work or school, we can work harder
when we get back. We have more energy.
Teacher: Good point. Why else is vacation important? Marcus?
Marcus: Well, stress is bad for your health, so vacations can help you stay
healthy.
Teacher: Very true. What do you think, Felix? Why are vacations important?
Felix: I agree with what everyone said. Also, when you take a vacation, you
can take time to think about your life. You can think about what’s
really important to you, like being with your family. I sometimes use
vacation time to think about my life and make decisions.

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Narrator: Unit 4, Physiology, The Q Classroom

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Teacher: The Unit 4 question, is, “What makes you laugh?” So what are some
things that make you laugh?
Sophy: Funny TV shows.
Marcus: Comedians.
Teacher: How about you, Yuna? What makes you laugh?
Yuna: My family.
Teacher: Very good. Now let’s take funny TV shows, or sitcoms, for a minute.
Sophy, when you watch a sitcom, what kinds of things make you
laugh?
Sophy: When people do silly things, especially when they don’t mean to.
Sometimes I do silly things like that, too.
Teacher: How about you, Felix? What makes you laugh?
Felix: I think unexpected things make me laugh. Like when someone is
listening at a door and suddenly the door opens and they fall in.
Sometimes when something is surprising, it makes you laugh.

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Narrator: Unit 5, Psychology, The Q Classroom

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Teacher: In Unit 5, we’ll talk about sports. Here’s the Unit 5 question: “How do
sports make you feel?” Sophy?
Sophy: Well, some sports make me happy. Sometimes I like to play sports
when I’m sad. I don’t know why that feels good, but it does.
Teacher: Yuna, how do sports usually make you feel?
Yuna: I always want to move. Sports make me feel energetic. I love to play
sports.
Teacher: How about you, Marcus? Do you like to play sports?
Marcus: No, I don’t play sports much. But I love to watch sports on TV with my
friends or my family.
Teacher: And you, Felix? How do sports make you feel?
Felix: Well, I agree with Sophy—sometimes playing sports cheers me up
when I’m sad. I prefer to watch others on TV … it just depends.

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Narrator: Unit 6, Ethics, The Q Classroom

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Teacher: Here we are at Unit 6. The question is, “Is it ever OK to lie?” What do
you think, Marcus? Is it ever OK to lie?
Marcus: Oh sure. It’s OK to lie to protect people’s feelings. For example,
someone invited me to a party on Saturday, but they didn’t invite my
friend. I told my friend that I stayed home that night. I didn’t want to
hurt his feelings.
Teacher: Do you agree, Felix? Is it OK to lie to someone in a situation like that?
Felix: I think it depends. I don’t lie to my close friends. It’s important to tell
close friends the truth. I trust my close friends to tell me the truth,
even when it hurts.
Teacher: What do you think, Sophy? Is it ever OK to lie?
Sophy: I think lies that don’t hurt anybody are fine. I don’t always tell my
grandmother the truth because she doesn’t understand some things
about my life. But I don’t lie about anything important, and it doesn’t
hurt her.
Teacher: What about you, Yuna? Is it ever OK to lie?
Yuna: Only about very small things.
Teacher: Great answers, everyone.

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Narrator: Unit 7, Behavioral Sciences, The Q Classroom

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Teacher: The Unit 7 question is “How are children and adults different?” What
do you think?
Marcus: Children are smaller.
Teacher: Ha ha, Marcus. OK, you go first. Tell me another difference between
children and adults. Do they think in the same way?
Marcus: Well, children have great imaginations. They can pretend to be
soldiers or dinosaurs. They can pretend that the park is a forest.
Adults don’t have such good imaginations.
Teacher: Good. How else are children and adults different? Sophy?
Sophy: Children change their moods quickly. They can cry one minute, and
then they see something funny and laugh. They forget about what
made them sad. It’s not that easy for adults.
Teacher: So we have some good things about children. Are there any
advantages to being an adult? What’s good about the way the adults
think? Yuna?
Yuna: Adults are more logical.
Teacher: That’s true. Felix, anything else? How are children and adults
different?
Felix: Children learn easily. I can still remember poems and songs I
memorized when I was small, but I can’t remember things I
memorized later. But adult understand things better than children,
even though they don’t learn things as easily.

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Narrator: Unit 8, Psychology, The Q Classroom

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Teacher: The Unit 8 question is “What are you afraid of?” How about you,
Felix? What are you afraid of?
Felix: I’m afraid of something happening to my family while I’m far away.
I’m afraid of not being able to help them. When the phone rings in the
middle of the night, that makes me afraid.
Teacher: Those are pretty serious fears. How about you, Sophy? What kinds of
things are you afraid of?
Sophy: I’m afraid of crime. I always check my windows and doors at night,
and I’m very careful when I go outside. I feel like it’s very dangerous
here, but maybe I just watch too many TV news stories.
Teacher: Well, I’m sure it’s a good idea to be careful. How about you, Yuna? Do
you worry about crime?
Yuna: Not too much. I am afraid of spiders, though. It’s silly.
Marcus: Yeah, I think people are a lot more dangerous than spiders!
Teacher: But fear is a strange thing, isn’t it? It’s not always logical. What are you
afraid of, Marcus?
Marcus: I’m a little bit afraid of small or closed spaces. I hate elevators.

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