Being able to read the New York Times

When I was in High school in the ghetto we didn't read the New York Times we read the Daily News or the Post. Most students in High School struggled to read the Times or found it tedious none of the articles or stories related to us. But the teacher demanded that we read it so we had to adapt to it and if we did read the times and write an essay out of an eagerness to learn. Those who had an open mind and wanted to learn something new got an A. Those who read it in frustration and struggled to read it. They would rush through it to get it over within a week when she would give them three weeks to turn the paper in. The Times became a tedious paper at the beginning or the middle or at the end of the story. The teacher would require a bio on the writer of the story. They would find a quote they didn't like and use that as an excuse claiming it turned them off. The writers' job is not to please them but to write the story in the Times. They didn't have the energy for the Times it didn't matter because those students didn't wish to read it in the first place. They found the Times to be burdensome they failed the class. While others like me speed ahead and got an A and moved out of the ghetto. The teacher would tell the students it's not the New York Times or the author's problem that you are struggling to read their story while others are reading and comprehending the story clearly. Stop complaining with a bunch of excuses be positive open your mind to learning new things that is the only way you are going to pass with an A. This is what I did and passed that same teacher took me down to Eileen Ford Modeling Agency to meet Eileen Ford personally and she gave me an accurate prediction for my career. Why because I wasn't closed-minded I could see another person's point of view or story an accept a new frontier. There was never No I can't it was always Yes I Can!