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    Summary In "Working at McDonald's," Amitai Etzioni argues that early employment starting from high school may become advantageous for those teenagers in near future. Instead, the writer is inclined to believe that such job opportunities may prevent a teenager from studying, developing and improving, thus, granting them skills that they might not need at a well-paid job, if they had a chance to get one. First of all, the writer seems to be afraid of future parents might give their children that from

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    option for high school students to help the student and parent with these experiences that are coming. Amitai Etzioni the author of “Working at McDonalds” makes it clear, high school students with part time jobs does not do anything for the high school student. Amitai Eztioni believes these part time job dies not teach true stills a high school student will need in the future. Even though Amitai Etzioni strongly consider part time jobs have no long life value, part time jobs do prepare high school students

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    Summary and Critical Response Essay In "Working at McDonald's," Amitai Etzioni argues that it is unhealthy for high school students to work at fast food restaurants, such as McDonald’s because the jobs have a lack of structure, are non-educational, and result in poor academic performance. Amitai Etzioni asserts the idea that students who work at McDonald’s lack structure and guidance. Etzioni believes that most high school students who work in fast-food have no supervision, other than from peers

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    restaurants have a reputation, and in the present, they’re labeled as “the worst jobs,” but there are some positive things about working in the fast food industry such as learning and developing skills at an early age. In “Working at McDonalds,” Amitai Etzioni argues that high school students working in the fast food industry are put at risk because they do not develop anything that helps them in the future and it causes a distraction against their academics. In “The Effects of Employment,” Dan Laitsch

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    Another person that believes that our privacy is being invaded is Amitai Etzioni. In his essay “Who is Really Stealing Your Privacy” talks about how these big brother company are using their websites and cookies to mine personal information of their customers then selling it to the highest bidder. He states that there are

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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

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    I had to summarize and give a critical response about the article. Amitai Etzioni wrote about his beliefs about part-time jobs teenagers undertake in fast food chains such as McDonald’s. This was the essay I was most pleased with, it was easy for me to summarizing this article because I was actually interested and I could also relate what Amitai Etzioni wrote in the article. The second part of the essay was about giving a critical response about the article;

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    responsible for their own lives and be capable of providing their own needs. The majority of the teens start off by applying to jobs. Having a job is a big responsibility to maintain but as well a great experience for teenagers to be exposed to. Amitai Etzioni argues in his article, “Working at McDonald’s”, teenagers should not have a part-time job while attending school because it can lead them to a wrong path in their lives, especially having a fast-food job like McDonald's. On the contrary, having

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    Many families in America struggle to put food on the table and support their family, but teenagers can help this by working. When teenagers work not only will they be able to help feed and afford necessities for themselves and their families,they will also be gaining experience from work and be more likely to be hired later. Moreover, not only will working help teens get hired later, it will also help some teens provide for their families or themselves making them more independent. According to Teens

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    Why Teens Should Have After School Jobs. When teens go into high school, they come to the point where getting a job is an opportunity. Most teens have parents that will push them to get a job as soon as they turn sixteen. Most non-fast food jobs only hire eighteen year olds. This causes a lot of stress for the teen, juggling a job and school at the same time. Some teens are also in advanced classes, or in extracurricular activities. Depending on how many hours they need to work these teens could

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