Times Readings

Monday October 26, 2009 Times Reading

While reading the New York Times today I found the article, “Salute All Cars, Kids. It’s a Rule in China”, interesting in more than one-way. I had never heard of a rule like that one and I thought that the initial idea of the article was interesting but they almost went into the Chinese government and criticized their laws. The waving law is within one school in china, not the entire country. The article goes too dept into other laws that don’t seem to have anything to do with the waving law, and even though these laws and regulations were very interesting to read about, they didn’t seem to co-inside with the article initial purpose.
One of today’s features in the Times was an article on run-away children. It was a large feature and went into great detail on the lives of the young teenagers and pre-teens that are living on the street. Before reading the article I figured that where were going to be more run-away kids than in the past because of the economy, but I never realized how great the number would be and how many children it would actually effect. One of the most interesting parts of the article I thought was when the author followed around the officer at the transit who tried to stop run-away children from leaving the city. The story of the young 14-year old girl was really sad and hard to read why she so desperately needed to run away. I look forward to reading the second article of the series that comes out in Tuesday’s paper.

Thursday October 22, 2009 Times Reading

Reading Thursdays Time’s paper I found an article that really interested me on the front page. The article was on a job that received over 500 applications for one position for a $13 an hour wage. What I thought was the most interesting part of the article was how high of positions some of the applicant held in their previous jobs. Some were employees of IBM with 18 years of experience, while others were former directors of human resources. The article was one that even jobs that may have been difficult to fill in a strong economy are receiving such large responses from people it was overwhelming and almost seemed impossible to them to receive that many applicants. It’s kind of a scary article to read for someone in college. It really makes me think about what will happen to me when I get out of college and if I will be able to find a job. I know that the economic situation in this country is very bleak right now, and the article did have a spin or a “happy ending” at the end in which a woman was able to get the job after being laid off for some time, but it is difficult to optimistic about something like a failing economy when there is no real story showing true promise.