Do+pretty+people+earn+more?

By doing this activity, my learners will practice skimming and scanning. They will also unsderstand writing steps.

Do Pretty people earn more? July 11, 2005 | By Kate Lorenz CareerBuilder.com Studies show attractive students get more attention and higher evaluations from their teachers, good-looking patients get more personalized care from their doctors, and handsome criminals receive lighter sentences than less attractive convicts. But how much do looks matter at work? The ugly truth, according to economics professors Daniel Hamermesh of the University of Texas and Jeff Biddle of Michigan State University, is that plain people earn 5 percent to 10 percent less than people of average looks, who in turn earn 3 percent to 8 percent less than those deemed good-looking. These findings concur with other research that shows the penalty for being homely exceeds the premium for beauty and that across all occupations, the effects are greater for men than women. A London Guildhall University survey of 11,000 33-year-olds found that unattractive men earned 15 percent less than those deemed attractive, while plain women earned 11 percent less than their prettier counterparts. In their report "Beauty, Productivity and Discrimination: Lawyers', Looks and Lucre," Hamermesh and Biddle found that the probability of a male attorney attaining early partnership directly correlates with how handsome he is. Size matters, too. A study released last year by two professors at the University of Florida and University of North Carolina found that tall people earn considerably more money throughout their careers than their shorter co-workers, with each inch adding about $789 a year in pay. A survey of male graduates of the University of Pittsburgh found that the tallest students' average starting salary was 12 percent higher than their shorter colleagues'. The London Guildhall study showed that overweight women are more likely to be unemployed and that those who are working earn on average 5 percent less than their trimmer peers. According to Dr. Gordon Patzer, who has spent more than three decades studying and writing about physical attractiveness, human beings are hard-wired to respond more favorably to attractive people. Even studies of babies show they will look more intently and longer at prettier faces. "Good-looking men and women are generally judged to be more talented, kind, honest and intelligent than their less attractive counterparts," Patzer says. "Controlled studies show people go out of their way to help attractive people -- of the same and opposite sex -- because they want to be liked and accepted by good-looking people."

Instructions: 1. Read the article for 3 minutes. 2. Answer the following questions. a. How many people participated in the survey from London Guildhall University? b. Which student receive higher starting salary? the taller or shorter? c. Who is the researcher that found even studies of babies show they will look more intently and longer at prettier faces? 3. Write a draft of your idea to following question. -You are a supervisor of a store. Your store is recently looking for an employee to work part time. Two women applied for the job. Here are some informations about them. So are you going to hire Mary or Sally? and why? Background || High School graduate || College Student || 4. Share your idea with your partner and revise your writing.
 * Name || Mary || Sally ||
 * Age || 21 || 22 ||
 * Educational
 * Appearnace || Pretty || Average ||