As years go by, teenagers have been getting lazier and lazier. Read the article “What to do with the kids this summer? Put them to work”, the author “Ben Sasse” argues that teenagers do not want to work a summer job. He uses appeals such as credibility and emotion to support his argument. The author uses the appeal of credibility in order to support his argument that teenagers do not want to work a summer job. Credibility is used to explain the author’s experience and different perspectives. Read the article “What to do with the kids this summer? Put them to work” by Ben Sasse” says “The bus rolled up at 5, and my friends and I stumbled on, fighting off sleep until we arrived at the fields.” This quote from the article explains the author’s experience. …show more content…
“Over and over, faculty members and administrators noted how their student’s limited experience with hard work made them oddly fuzzy-headed when facing real-world problems rather than classroom tests.” The author also shared “Last year, we sent our eldest child, Corrie, then 14, to spend a month working on a cattle ranch.” “she loved it and hated it.” These 2 quotes explain how the author shares different perspectives and his experiences to support his argument. The author also uses the appeal of emotions in order to support the argument that teenagers do not want to work a summer job. The author uses emotionally loaded language to define his summer job detasing corn. The author also uses emotion to vividly describe his job with emotional connotations. Read the article “What to do with the kids this summer? "Put them to work" by Ben Sasse” says “The job stank.” This phrase explains how the author used emotionally loaded language to define his job. The author also says, “It’s wet and chilly in the field that early. Giant sprinklers called center pivots often get stuck and flood acres with ankle-deep cold
Yasemin Besen-Cassino’s essay “Cool Stores, Bad Jobs” highlights why affluent teens get certain jobs. Many of the reasons she wrote about in the essay, I have seen while working at the movie theatre. Hiring managers will try to hire specific kinds of people; people that will fit in with the current employees. While being selective about hiring, the low starting wage offered deterred many, often more experienced, people from accepting the job. Lastly, work is seen as a place to hang out by some of the employees.
Back in 1990, a man named Gary Soto decided to write an autobiography about himself, titled A Summer Life. One of the more interesting portions of the book was when Mr. Soto described a summer day back when he was six years old. On that day, young Gary found out what it felt like to be a true sinner, as he stole an apple pie from the local bakery. Some readers found this as one of the more interesting parts, not because of the plot, but because of the literary devices used, such as detail, imagery, and pacing. The three aforementioned literary devices are almost a backbone to the story, because without those three, the story would be shortened and fairly bland. The following three paragraphs will each describe a literary devices used by Mr. Soto to enhance the quality of his story.
Not So Much”, explains how Generation Y is not necessarily lazy, but rather conforming to fit changing times and a changing system. Her degree in journalism from Princeton, and experience in writing about economics, politics and data-driven journalism, more than qualifies her for writing about such a topic. I was one of those people who believed that today’s generation is too dependent on their parents, always looking for a hand-out and have a sense of entitlement. After reading this, I now have a slightly different opinion about Millennials. Of course, there will always be slackers in every generation whether past, present or future, but there is always more than what meets the eye. Just because someone may not spend their forty-hour work week all in the office, does not mean that they are working any less, but that because of today’s technology they can work from almost anywhere. As for the amount of graduated college students that return to live at home with their parents, it is not necessarily because they are too apathetic to go out and support themselves, but rather the reason being the high unemployment rate among sixteen to twenty-four year olds. After the Great Recession in 2009, many Millennials either lost their jobs, or were simply unable to find one after graduation. While I was raised to believe that if you wanted something, you worked for it, I truly hope that today’s generation is still
In the essay, “Working at McDonald’s,” Amitai Etzioni shares his strong belief that working, especially at McDonald’s type restaurants, is bad for teenagers. I would agree that working is not a good thing for teenagers under some circumstances but at other times it is good. First, jobs affect school involvement and attendance in bad ways. Second, jobs often provide “on the job experience,” but much of the time the experience taught is useless. Third, fast food jobs may provide a disadvantaged status. Fast food jobs can also provide an advantaged status. Finally, workers can learn to manage their money by making mistakes with money before they get into the Real World.
Jobs won’t only support teens for the things they want, but it can help benefit for the things they need. The first things teens think of for their future are going to college and getting their first car. But, let’s say there’s a well educated thirteen-year-old, raised in a low-income family, who has plans on going to college. There’s no way their family can support him to go to college, and its funds could be over-whelming. The only way they could go to college is if they started saving at an early age. Therefore, if they got a job at the age they were at now, they’d be on their way to college by the time they graduate high school. Or, another example would be, if a teen wanted to get their first car on their sixteenth birthday. As you may know, many teens don’t get things handed to them on a silver platter, so they’d have to buy that car themselves. They might be old enough to drive, but they just turned the legal working age. Once they get a job, they’d have to wait at least a year to have enough money for the car as well as its insurance.
Response: I agree with Steinberg that working affects adolescents that are going to school. I believe that teenagers should concentrate on their studies and not become overwhelmed with the added stress of work. There is plenty of time for them to learn the “real world” of working, so why not let them be kids and have them worry about their homework and after school chores, rather than trying to make the almighty dollar.
By presenting certain uses of statistics, diction, and expert testimonies, Jeffrey Selingo supports his overall statement that teens and college students should work while pursuing their education because it is impactful for their future. To begin, Selingo presents statistics and a timeline to illustrate the problem. Selingo advises on page 1 that the rate of overall teenagers in the workforce during school has “dropped from 40% in 1990 to just 20 percent today” (Selingo). Using statistics like these contributes to the overall claim by making his essay logical, and displays that he has done the research needed to prove his thesis. It reveals how he wants the reader to understand where he is coming from, and why his claim is a poignant issue that needs to be worked on using the stats given.
Why have teen summer jobs decreased over the years? In the article “Teenagers Have Stopped Getting Summer Jobs-Why?” by Derek Thompson, he is very set and has the information he needs to show how much summer jobs for teens have decreased lately. Thompson gives emotional, truthful, and statistical points showing the downfall. Our author's three rhetorical appeals are strong throughout the whole argument of the article. Thompsons article talks all about the drops and decreases in summer job percentages for teens.
Sowell argues that, “… in the United States, unemployment rates for younger workers are often 20 percent or higher, even when there is no recession.” These jobs pay low wages for a reason. So that teenagers have a base to start their life as an employee. If this continues than teenagers will never have the opportunity to gain experience to eventually get hired at a higher level job. It will be nearly impossible for future generations to find a job. Unemployed will lose many opportunities to earn a higher rate of pay in the
Children live in a world designed for them by adults. The two cultures, child’s culture and adult’s culture exist side-by-side. As the children eventually mature into the adult world, they grow up learning the structure of what is expected of them. As children challenge the authority or expectations, they are battling the construction that was predetermined by the adults. Children have to live in a world where they are living in the structure, as well as being active agents. The two combating ideas are one component that makes growing up a difficult learning experience.
It is very common that many high school students hold part time jobs while going to school. When these teens work, they are able to learn and experience life lessons from ethical and moral work. Knowing that school is aways and should be a priority, students should work while in high school because working helps students be more responsible with their lives, help them practice time managment, and also helps students see and experience the real world.
Summer Job programs allow students to work and save up money and have experience before going into the real world. This program is provided in some schools but not all. Due to this, many teens in this country are not able to be a part of the program that undoubtedly beneficial. Every high school student should have the privilege to get involved in a summer job program because of its positive effects. Predominantly, summer job programs should be available in all schools because, students that work over the summer are less inclined to have problems with the law.
For teenagers typically the best employment is during the summer months due to the fact that they are out of school and thus have an increased amount of leisure time and many places require an extra source labor in order to accommodate for the rush which typically occurs during the summer months (Hall, 2013). In the year 1999 just above fifty-two percent of teenagers from the age of sixteen to the age of nineteen were employed for a summer job, however; the current employment rate for the same age group was around 32.25 percent in the past June and July an extremely low number especially considering that this was the peak teenage employment season (Hall, 2013). This has been compared to the great depression by some due to the fact that the numbers are somewhat similar to those seen during the great depression, in fact An...
Daniel disembarked from the train at Naga station, following a ten-hour journey from Manila. The sun pierced his bloodshot eyes, beneath his long dark hair, as he stumbled to the platform with a heavy leg, carrying his luggage and a knapsack. A cool morning welcomed him, but clueless what was in store for him. His heart throbbed as he contemplated on this summer break. After a quick dog walk, he hurried up to a calesa waiting for passengers. The driver whisked the horse, and the wheels of the carriage wriggled to a rutted road much narrower than he remembered. Four straight semesters and two summers of a full load of classes, subsisting on milk and ramen noodles, transformed him into a lean, but tall, young man. His calm demeanor projected a serious spirited student. The long absence made him a stranger to his hometown. Before the trotting enervated horse, the
Teenagers are also not sure what responsibilities they have. They still live at home, so their mothers or fathers will cook for them, do their laundry, and pay for their meals. But, they still need to find a job to start saving up for the future, and do their work so they can get a good job in the future. It's difficult because even though parents, teachers and adults in general treat teenagers as children, they are still expected to have some of the same responsibilities as adults. Word Count: 1,068 words.