Times Readings

Tuesday October 27, 2009 Times Reading

Reading the Times today I was looking forward to reading the follow up story to the Runaway story in Mondays paper. I thought this article called “For Runaways on the street, Sex Buys Survival” a very interesting follow up to the previous piece. It narrowed down the specifics of run-away to a certain way that these individuals survive being on the streets. The realization that this article gave was that many have to turn to desperate measures to provide for themselves. It was a sad article to read because it showed me something that I am not used too and a reality that not many people can understand.
The statistics that this article presented and how young the girls were that were interviewed made the article all the more interesting and sad. It was hard to see how young thee girls start out, and the younger they are the longer they do it and the harder to get out of the system. I thought that the interview with the young girl who Mr. Garrabrant knew had a pimp but would not admit it very difficult to understand. It was hard to see someone who was in danger and led a very difficult life of prostitution not able to find the strength to admit it and get out of it. This interview showed how difficult of subject this is to control and to help the girls who are trapped in it.

Wednesday October 28, 2009 Times Reading

While reading the New York Times today, an article that first caught my eye was the one about the 2-year-colleges and their sudden increase in enrollment. I thought that this class was extremely interesting and pertained to me because even though I do not attend a two year college I still attend college and what effects them also effects me. Bunker Hill community College’s class times surprised me because until now I had never heard of a college class going until 2:30 a.m. and still attracted students to take that class. They must be extremely dedicated and made me second-guess when I have to miss a 9:00 am class and they are in class til 2:30.
After reading the article I understand why there would be an increase in applicants to community colleges. Because of the economy and rises prices of state and private schools, many cannot afford to go and choose a community college instead. The percentages that the article presented of increase up to 9% for New York community colleges and 33,000 more students than last year enrolled in the United States largest community college, Miami Dade.