Review Of Ben Sasse's Essay What To Do With The Kids This Summer

“Schools Out for the Summer.”, a short essay by Anna Quindlen, identifies a growing problem in America. Quindlen has presented the problem that when school is not in session an abundance of families aren’t able to provide their children with adequate meals and she uses plenty of examples and solutions to effectively persuade readers.

“Help prepare a series of public service announcements on child hunger” That is the topic of the day. Many children throughout the world struggle with finding their next meals. Anna Quindlen's essay “Schools Out for Summer”, she expresses the problem of child hunger during the summer months.

In "Let Teenagers Try Adulthood", an essay by Leon Botstein, Botstein argues that the "superficial definitions" of high school students are a reason to let teenagers begin their lives in the working world rather than to perpetuate their education. Botstein is correct in proclaiming that high schools are breeding grounds for "cliques" and "artificial intensity”, and his address of the “flawed institution” of high school are cogent and fitting.

The article “a tale of two summers for parents” by Belinda Luscombe talks about leaving kids by themselves. A woman named Deborah Harrell was taken to custody for leaving her 9year old daughter in a park. I believe that elementary-school-age children do require adult supervision because of how yungo and knowledgeable they are. Even though Harrell left her daughter near by and gave her a phone, it's still not right to have leave the child all alone. In a matter of seconds harrells daughter could have been kidnapped by some person.

I am on the hospital bed laying here thinking what did i do to deserve such a horrible life.

In the article “A Tale of Two Summers for Parents” by Belinda Luscombe, is about how elementary school age children should or shouldn’t require adult supervision. It talks about events that have happened to specific people. Parents as well can’t afford a babysitter so they leave their kids alone near by but they don’t know that it can have consequences. I believe children should require adult supervision because what if something bad happens to your child.

In this short artifact “A Tale of Two Summers for Parents” by Belinda Luscombe I was able to get an idea of the different things that parents might be going through that us kids/teens have no idea about. Luscombe shares two stories about the struggles that parents were going through especially during the summer. The summer as we know is the hottest time of the year. For some states summer might just be different but I am aware that climate can be a challenge for some families. Having to change schedules and making sure to know where your children will be spending the day or after school may be your priority and I agree with that. Now a days I see kids walking home when the day is just simply hot. You can’t even go with your car window down because the warmth of the hot air hits you and it makes you so tired and stresses you out so much. No matter how much you try to be fresh the heat just really gets you making you upset and not thinking straight.

In the article by Belinda Luscombe;A Tale of Two Summers for Parents, I see that most of the time the heat and screaming children isn't the worst part of the summer, it's the planning of it. Although it sounds like fun because you get to choose what you want to do during the summer it doesn't always go as you imagine it to go. This article will tell you what some families go through when planning last minute, the outcome for parents that just leave their children at home alone, and how much you get paid depending on your age.

She explains that when children get to high school they don’t ask themselves what they want to do in the future but seek advice from others to what they should do to have a successful future. The reason being is that children have been raised with a mindset that if they get into the best schools then they reached their maximum goal. Moreover, the speaker’s tone in her talk is insisting because she constantly emphasizes the value of children. She insists that children should not be defined based on their academic excellence but on their passions and self-efficacy. The use of pathos helps her convince the audience that academics does not guarantee success.

In the article “A Tale of Two Summers for Parents” by Belinda Luscombe, Luscombe discusses about two mothers being really negligent. Those two mothers left their children unattended in very dangerous places. Therefore no matter how important the other situation is I don’t think you should leave your kids unattended especially at that age no matter the circumstances. One may think it's just for a couple minutes but you never know, in a couple seconds your child could be gone forever or maybe even dead.

When writers are passionate about certain topics, it most likely relates back to personal experiences they have had in the past. When it comes to teenage work, you will find that people who learned and grew from working as teenagers are for it and people who never worked or had a bad experience are against the idea. Sasse uses his own personal work experience from when he was a teenager to put into his kids and also in his writing. Sasse takes the reader back to his earlier years when he experienced teenage work. He shows the things he learned along the way and how it helped him throughout his life.

As a result of this, it was suggested that there were three types of attachment:

The article “The Teen Brain: It’s Just Not Grown Up Yet” by Richard Knox persuades parents and children that a teenager’s brain is not fully developed by using ethos, logos, and figurative language. Knox’s use of ethos contributes to Francis Jensen’s claim that teens do not have fully developed brains by showing that Jensen is credible enough to speak about it. For example, Jensen states that she often thought “like all parents of teenagers, ‘What were they thinking?’” (Knox 1). This is an example of ethos because Knox shows that Jensen is a credible parent, because she wonders the same thing as any other normal parent out there.

Although illegal in most states, marijuana remains a popular substance and it does not influence the crisis prevention professionals as the same level as harder drugs, it continue to represent a problem. The use of “pot” often finds the user lethargic, mellow, and prolonged use of the substance can lead to memory gaps and a lack of productivity. At the extreme end of substances is the one considered the most addictive and dangerous to the human body, heroin. It is problematic at a number of levels. For example, heroin is administered mostly by injection. Therefore, it is one of the most common ways the HIV virus is transmitted when not through sexual contact. Another issue is there is little to no quality control so its potency is not regulated

Although, some teenagers face their problems. They plod along through school. Some of them get after-school or weekend jobs. They learn responsibility. Eventually, they enter adulthood and the work force. Successful, confident, and eager to work. They lead their lives using the knowledge they swallowed throughout their education and the power they gained. But not long after, they