Why the Rich Are Getting Richer, and tthe Poor, Poorer

I thought this article was way extremely long. I think Reich made his point in the first two pages and did not need 9 pages. Its been a long know fact that the richer get richer and the poor get poorer. He talks about how despite the number of new jobs in the US, union membership has withered. The drop in membership has been accomplished by a growing number of collective bargaining agreements to freeze wages. Thats what happens the people at the top making all the real money makes sure that the workers get paid the very least. Reich gives a bunch more stats to back up his theory, but most of it is not needed. He then ends with, the salaries and benefits of americas top executives, have soared, which will coninue to happen.

Adult Crime, Adult Time

Collier feels that the Juvenile Justice System needs to be revamp. Since 1965 she says the number of 12 year old arrest for violent crimes has doubled and for 13 &14 year old has tripled. I feel that system that is in place is good but could use some adjustments. The fact that kids as young as 13 are killing and doing other violent crimes is silly. I think if kids that young are doing violent crimes like that they should arrest they parents and question them. She feels that the system is doing a poor job at treatment as well as punishment. I feel Linda Collier has been around juveniles for the most part of her career and she has seen the ins and outs of the court system. I feel she wants to make a differnece in the young peoples lives. She feels some of the kids get mistreated and she wants to help them. And the face that volent crimes are becoming more prevalent among juveniles. She wonders why there hasnt been a major overhaul of justice laws.

The Professor As An Open Book

This article made a lot of sense. For our generation i think this is more suitable for our needs. We, well I want professors to be more like us. They have facebooks and myspace pages, thats the way most people can get an idea of how other people are. These professor have to teach us and we have to learn, but now the ways of teaching are changing. Which i think is awesome. "It’s better when your professor’s human,”. That is precisely how i feel. Teachers tend to become robots in a sense. They expect the same robot mentality in return, thats not happing anymore. I thought this article shows that the younger generation is looking for a different teacher and now i think its happing.