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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Have you ever worked at a fast food joint before? Well‚ a majority of teenagers have‚ and are currently working in establishments such as Mcdonald’s‚ Wendy’s‚ Kentucky Fried Chicken‚ and etc. Teens want to hit the ground running when it comes to working for some cold hard cash. Sadly‚ many adults believe that jobs like that are unhealthy for adolescents. No‚ not just the food they make‚ the work environment itself. Many adults and fellow parents believe that teens are way too maturely underdeveloped
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Alexandria Sinn Composition 2 Professor Smith February 25‚ 2015 Teens with Part-Time Jobs Sociology professor‚ Amitai Etzioni‚ explains in his article “Working at McDonalds‚” how teenagers having a part-time job can be bad for them as it fosters escape from school and responsibilities and a short cut to the consumer aspects of adult life. My experience with work while I am in high school created the foundation of my work ethic. I have been employed at different places over my high school years
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Jessica Lafferty English 111 Mrs. Horne June 24‚ 2013 Working at McDonald’s By: Amitai Etzioni Amitai Etzioni wrote a short story called‚ “Working at McDonald’s.” As we know most parents want their kids to start working during high school in order to learn responsibility. Etzioni talks about how it is not educational for a teen to start working while in high school‚ because most teens will work part time at some fast food joint. He states‚ “But in fact‚ these jobs undermine school attendance
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the essay‚ “Working at McDonald’s‚” Amitai Etzioni talks about his belief that working‚ especially at fast food chain restaurants can be bad for teenagers. Working‚ for teenagers under some circumstances can be bad for them but sometimes its good depending on the daily schedule of whomever is working. If the teen is still in school‚ working is bound to affect their involvement and attendance in negative ways. Though it’s true that while working you gain on the job experience‚ Etzioni believes it
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Response to Etzioni’s working At the McDonalds The 1986 article by Amitai Etzioni on working at McDonald’s discusses an intriguing argument of how teenagers are negatively affected by part-time jobs at fast food factories. Being the trendsetter‚ pioneer‚ and symbol for fast food factories‚ McDonald’s employ the most significant number of senior and junior high school students. The teenagers provide a low-cost form of labor hence they help the company to reduce its expenses. The teenagers are trained
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Varner Composition 1 11/4/21 “Working at McDonalds” Amitai Etzioni In the passage “Working at McDonalds” by Amitai Etzioni he starts off by stating that “McDonalds is bad for your kids”. He doesn’t feel this way because of the food‚ but instead of the mass production jobs they offer our youth. He says studies show two thirds of high school students have part time jobs in the food chain business‚ and McDonalds is the pioneer‚ trend-setter‚ and symbol. Amitai states that of course at first these
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but working is another way for people to learn by getting “hand on” experience. Amitai Etzioni wrote‚ “Working at McDonald’s” to indicate how high school students having jobs at their early young ages it is bad for them. Etzioni mention that‚ “two-thirds
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Working at McDonald’s is an article that emphasizes how irrelevant working in high school is on the scale of importance in life. Amitai Etzioni points out that teenagers are distracted by repetitive jobs when they should be focusing on their education. Etzioni makes his argument about teenage jobs undermining school attendance and involvement‚ imparting few skills that will be useful later on in life‚ and skewing the values of teenagers especially their ideas about the worth of a dollar. McDonald’s
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Alex Polston 10/4/2014 I do not agree with the overall view of the article “Working at McDonalds.” This article intimidates the popular‚ undemanding jobs of teenagers at places that do not require a set amount of skills to begin work. Yes‚ these jobs are extremely easy to learn and they do not require much thought or concentration‚ but they do teach valuable job and social skills. Etzioni claims that these jobs are highly un-educational‚ cause teenagers to spend money on insignificant things‚ and
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