In the article “Working At McDonald’s‚” by Amitai Etzioni argues that working at fast food places‚ such as McDonald’s‚ can negatively impact teens education. He mentions that “as many as two-thirds America’s high school juniors and seniors now hold down part-time paying jobs‚ according to studies.” He gives many reasons as to why it would effect their education. Students with part-time jobs often work long hours and Etzioni adds in that “in fact‚ these jobs undermine school attendance and involvement
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“Working at McDonald’s” The evaluation essay “Working at McDonald’s” by Amitai Etzioni‚ was originally published in the Miami Herald. In the essay‚ author observed carefully the situation of young people‚ especially who is on the education process working at McDonald’s the symbol of fast food chain restaurant. He has evaluated it by using his ideas and values for the essential pursuit of young people. According to the author‚ he denied that young people to work at the fast food chain
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Amitai Etzioni intent for writing “The Fast-Food Factories: McJobs are Bad for Kids‚” was to relay a message to parents that teenagers shouldn ’t work while still in school. “Closer examination‚ however‚ finds the McDonald ’s kind of job highly uneducational in several ways”. It doesn ’t give teens enough to prepare for the future of being on their own‚ nor enough knowledge to start their own franchise or business. McDonald ’s is described as a “highly routinized” job; McDonald ’s is a typical and
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McJobs Are Bad for Kids I thought Amitai Etzioni’s article: The Fast-Food Factories: McJobs are Bad for Kids‚” was both accurate and convincing. His assertion that fast food jobs‚ “impart few skills useful in later life‚” and “skew the values of teenagers‚” is correct. At first blush‚ these jobs seem idea for teaching young people responsibility and self-discipline. But‚ when examining issues the author mentions as negatives such as; hours worked‚ appropriate supervision‚ job training‚ opportunity
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An Evaluation on Working at McDonalds After reading this essay by Amitai Etzioni‚ I could see why he is promoting teenagers to pay more attention to their academics and education rather working at fast food restaurants like McDonalds. He provides many studies done to prove his thesis clearly. One of the few studies is a 1984 study by Ivan Charper and Bryan Shore Fraser which says that teenagers do not pay attention to what skills they develop because they only care about finishing their working
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a community is. It can be felt or touched and sure enough it can’t be seen. Society also plays a role in this relative and abstract term of community. Meaning‚ the body of human beings generally‚ associated or viewed as members of a community. Amitai Etzioni in his article “The New Community” introduces and compares the ideas of two distinct types of social relations‚ “gemeinschaft” and “gesellschaft” and argues for the necessity of both to maintain the social foundations of morality. The German words
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MODERN ORGANISATIONS by AMITAI ETZIONI Book Review - Bhushan Indravadan Jangla © www.hrfolks.com All Rights Reserved ORGANISATIONS DEFINED Organizations are social units deliberately constructed and reconstructed to seek specific goals. Corporations‚ armies‚ schools‚ hospitals‚ churches‚ and prisons are included; tribes‚ classes‚ ethnic groups‚ friendship groups and families are excluded. Organizations are characterized by: 1) Divisions of labor‚ power‚ and communication responsibilities
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presented a vary interesting argument. In this writing‚ working a part-time job while in high school was highly criticized. It talked about how the skills needed in part-time jobs have changed drastically over the years as well as the jobs themselves. Etzioni even goes as far to say “These are breeding grounds for robots working for yesterday’s assembly lines‚ not tomorrow’s high-tech posts.” He even includes a rather intriguing study that found that “students who worked at least 25 hours per week while
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In the article “Teenagers’ Work Can Have Downsides” by Jerald G. Bachman‚ questions the idea of High School Teens being employed. The article states that High School students who work long hours in jobs during the school year tend to have poor academic success. These students are said to have behavioral problems‚ acts of delinquency and drug use. These results spark the question “Should Teens Work?” In my opinion‚ I say that teenagers should be allowed to work mainly because it would open the
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Mark Fackler- Communitarianism Thesis: Communitarianism is an ideology that focuses on the responsibility of the individual to the community. 1) A Definition and Example a) Communitarianism is the social strategy that distinguishes peace-loving virtues from greed-hoarding impulses. i) Human experience has shown that people prosper when tribalism and egoism give way to generosity and fair-play as first order responses. ii) Community grows under a regime of predictable good will tending
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