Immigration and Height!

I know the two don't really go together, but my classmates choices forced me to.

Article one, The Hard Truth of Immigration
It is really hard for me to find one particular problem being discussed in this article. It seems that it started off with us trying to find a way to control the immigration coming in, than it turns to the problems of Hispanics poor education. I feel sorry for those discussed who have had their wages lowered two years in a row. Though I do agree that we do not to figure out some sort of solution to our illegal immigrant problem, it seems that all there is is a lot of talking and no action. Even in this article, there is a lot of discussion about the problems but I do not see a solution other than stopping them from crossing our borders and providing legal status for the ones already here.

Article Two, All to Be Tall
When you hear girlfriends talk to each other you will more than likely at some point get to one saying how fat their thighs are or how their short legs make it impossible to fit into cute pants. When you hear guys all talking to each other, you think that its about sports, parties, and sex... OK so I know that's stereotyping but you know what I mean. You never really think of a man uncomfortable with a physical feature, except maybe weight gain. So to read this article about men who will go as far as to have an operation to break their bones just so they MIGHT gain 2 inches in height is amazing. To have to go through so much pain and so much time depending on others for two inches does not seem worth it to me at all. Also to read that taller men make more money and are hired more often than shorter men was an interesting fact to read. I did a lot of hiring with my last job and even though I was not hiring for an extremely professional job, I don't think I ever noticed height. To me it was cleanliness and personality. I guess that if an extra couple of inches really would boost someones confidence that much than it would probably be worth it for me....maybe.