My Experience With the Times

            Reading the New York Times has throughout this term has been a very beneficial experience. Because reading the news is now a homework assignment it gives me the push I needed to stay updated on what is going on in the world. I am starting to become an informed member of society rather than someone who is completely oblivious to the world around me and when anyone asks “have you heard about this?” the answer is always no. It is forcing me out of my uninformed bubble. The stories that I have noticed the most are the headliners stories, the ones that the newspaper wants the audience to see first. The stories about the various shootings and the fiscal cliff and that sort of thing. And I usually investigate stories that interest me which leaves out a lot of sections of the Times including sports and politics. Using the Times as opposed to the Denver Post or my hometown newspaper the St. Louis Post Dispatch has put more of a focus on national news rather than local news.  The New York Times has not really influenced any of my other habits but it is helping to move me in the right direction for becoming more informed.  Hopefully read the Times can be something I can continue after the end of the course and throughout the rest of my life.