Reading Log n27

Date:August 29th,2007
Title:Even gangters need their mamas
Link:http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656202,00.html

Vocabulary

1-throng:a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
2-channel:To serve as a medium for (a spirit guide).
3-cred:credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
4-demobilize:to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
5-bay:the situation of a person or thing that is forced actively to oppose or to succumb to some adverse condition (usually prec. by at or to).
6-raspy:harsh; grating; rasping.
7-pamper:to treat or gratify with extreme or excessive indulgence, kindness, or care: to pamper a child; to pamper one's stomach.
8-slingshot:a Y-shaped stick with an elastic strip between the prongs for shooting stones and other small missiles.

Summary

A reintegration programme carried out in Nicaragua is fighting against gangs but without violence;they try to reintegrate young criminals to society by working in the government.Nowadays,Nicaragua has a Sandinista government in power and they are giving gangsters an opportunity to change their lives and be part of the society.This programme has been very successful in reintegrating young gangs and it shows that it is possible to battle gangsters without violence:government should just give them a chance.

Personal Reaction

It is hard to believe that the Nicaragua´s government is fighting against gangsters without using violence and that they are being successful in doing it.However,if this is true it is good to know that we can solve problems without violence and by just giving these people a chance to be part of society once again.I think that the solution to all these problems is education and opportunities.