Problem
Follow the instructions below for Reader's problem on "Working at McDonald's" found in your textbook, Reading Critically, Writing Well. Initial Post: write a minimum 250 words response using grammatically correct sentences to the assigned articles.
I. Write a complete sentence using you own words that expresses what you believe is the author's thesis.
II. Write a few grammatically correct sentences explaining why you believe this to be the thesis.
III. Using grammatically correct sentences, analyze your initial reaction to the piece, considering anything that seems surprising to you.
IV. Write a short paragraph or two analyzing an assumption you find intriguing in the essay, including specifically what the author assumes (what is the assumption & why) and why you find it intriguing.
"Working at McDonald's,"?Amitai Etzioni argues that early employment starting from high school may become disadvantageous for youngsters in future. The writer is inclined to believe that such job opportunities may hinder their studies, professional development and improvement, thus, granting them skills that they might not need at a well-paid job, if they had a chance to get one.
Etzioni begins the discussion by explaining that teenagers are only able to gain a limited number of skills with early part time jobs, while these skills are still not enough to merit a good and healthy lifestyle for the teenagers in their future years. Etzioni asserts these jobs as highly un-educational as being much routinized. Moreover, Etzioni points out as to how the work at such jobs only leads to disturbance in the homework and school courses that such teenagers undertake. It is also imperative to know that such teenagers do not learn much about life as they should have learnt according to older traditions. In fact, such teenagers, according to Etzioni, become incapable of creativity and reinvention since they are designed to follow orders like robots.