Summary Of What To Do With The Kids This Summer By Ben Sasse

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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

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