Many young students have now started to work at a part time job or full time job while being in high school or college. Most of these students that are working are either working at a fast food restaurant or a low pay job to get students to work. Working while going to school might be a step of growing up and paying bills, but working actually impacts student’s education Fast food industries just want student’s to work but working in this low skill job there is not really a big benefit that you can get out of it. In the essay by Amitai Etzioni: "Working at McDonald's", states a variety of strong points on why students should not work and continue to get an education instead of dropping out and working at a fast food restaurant forever. As …show more content…
Amitai Etzioni states, “The hours are often long. Among those 14 to 17, a third of fast-food employees (including some school dropouts) labor more than 30 hours per week, according to the Charper-Fraser study” (Etzioni, 241). Theses students working long hours impacts student’s ability to perform daily skills-especially if they go to school all day in the morning. Many of theses students go to school in the morning and then in the afternoon they work a part time job or full time. They get home from work not really motivated to do any homework from school and just go to bed. Doing this type of routine would eventually hurt the student’s academic performance in school. What is the point of working so many hours at work if this impacts school grades ? Being less motivated to do homework and assignments would hurt students grades. In the article , “The Impact of Student Employment” states, “When combining the direct and indirect impact on grades, though, working more than 20 hours a week on campus or off negatively affects students' academic performance, as the significant time that students spend working ultimately drags down their grades” ( Lederman ). Academic performance is important when it comes to education the goal is to succeed in life and being able to accomplish life goals, but it is impossible to do so if …show more content…
Etzioni claims, “ Many teens find the instant reward of money, and the youth status symbols it buys, much more alluring than credits in calculus courses, European history, or foreign languages” (Etzioni, 242). Working in fast food restaurants students are not winning a lot of money maybe they are nearly earning minimum wage especially if they have no working experience. Working long shift hours and winning nearly minimum wage does not sound great not one bit. Many people love the sound of money who doesn't ? It is not worth dropping out of high school or college just to make minimum wage. Some students would rather win minimum wage and work long shifts because they make more money but in reality theses students are just wasting their time working long shifts. People should continue their education, there is a diversity of different opportunities that education can offer. While working at a fast food restaurant people would not be able to gain half of the knowledge that students that stayed in school
The skills learned while working at a fast food restaurant are not always from what you are directly taught on the job. In the article “The Fast-Food Factories: McJobs are Bad for Kids,” the author, Amitai Etzioni, explains how fast food jobs hinder learning and the participation of students in school. Etzioni claims that while a fast food job provides income, it does not provide knowledge or skills that would be learn from other jobs such as carpenting, as well as stating that jobs like these dampen creativity. While I agree with some of the author's statements, such as students having a hard time balancing work and school, the author also makes claims that are not correct.
Etzioni states in his essay that fast food jobs provide a disadvantaged status for workers in the future. This I believe is only true if you look at this issue from one side. Mr. Etzioni said that 80 percent of the people working in fast food work more than 30 hours per week, and 58 percent of high school seniors say working affects their school work. From that perspective they are at a disadvantage. If a student is working more than 30 hours per week, they don’t have time for extra curricular activities which play a big role in what college they get accepted at. Also if their grades drop as a result of work they will have a harder time getting into college and the way to a good job is through
Almost everyone, especially middle-class families, face financial struggles during their lifetimes. It mainly starts when the children grow older and most likely, will want to attend college. As soon as they are able to, students want to find a job, such as a fast-food job, to possibly take a load off of their parents or jump-start their independence. Amitai Etzioni, a very well-known educator amongst prestigious schools who has a Ph.D in Sociology from University of California, Berkeley, touches upon this subject. All throughout his essay, Etzioni uses multiple tactics to justify this opinion that teenagers working in fast-food chains affects their academics. In the essay titled, “Working at Mcdonald’s”, Etzioni claims that teenagers tend to focus on instant gratification from money instead of what could be beneficial in the long run along with the interference of fast-food jobs, that could be detrimental to their educational and work careers.
I would concur that working is not something worth being thankful for teens under a few circumstances however at different times it is great. First and foremost, employments influence school contribution and participation in terrible ways. Second, employments frequently give "at work experience," yet a significant part of the time the experience taught is pointless. Third, fast food occupations may give a hindered status. Fast food occupations can likewise give an advantaged status. At long last, laborers can figure out how to deal with their cash by profiting before they get into the Real
Students spend four years of their lives attending high school. Going through high school is mandatory as it prepares them for college and strength to face “the real world.” Having part-time jobs has become the phenomenon among high school students and many students follow this trend as well. Moreover, there are some pros and cons attached with it. Though it may seem like working throughout high school is a bad idea, it could better prepare students for “the real world.” Although some people believe that the primary duty of a student is studying, I am of the opposite position. I strongly support the idea that high school students should work throughout high school. This is because they can earn money, become responsible and get experience.
Today high school student is getting the job experience by working at McDonald’s or other fast food restaurants. Working a McDonald’s is not an easy job because the shift hours are not stable and income is not very high. High scholars are thinking that working at a fast restaurant is going to gain an income easily, especially for those in a middle class family that needs a part time job to support their self. It might be a bit of a struggle for the high student to learn to manage their time schedule between school and work. In the essay, “Working at McDonald’s,” Amitai Etzioni believes that high school students working at McDonald’s can destroy their future. He explains very clear through his point of view that if high school students choose to work at McDonald’s or any fast-food places, it would be a waste of time because they only take advantage of them. Etzioni think that these high school students are set for low paid job because if they don’t continue with their education path then they are stuck or don’t have any other opportunity. On the other hand, I agree and understand his point. High school students are falling behind in school, but I don’t see that working at McDonald’s is what causes them to end their future.
Summary: In the essay, “Part-time Employment Undermines a Student’s Commitment to School” by Laurence Steinberg, it explains how studies show that teenagers that work while attending school are more likely to loose their commitment to school. Steinberg tells the effects on students when they work more than twenty hours a week. His theory was that students are more susceptible to losing their interest in school, while working. They may have to work in the evening time, which can interfere with homework, sleep and diet. Steinberg also elaborated on how these students that work receive money that can make school seem less desirable. Also because they do receive money, they can use their extra money to become associated with drugs and alcohol.
Some students go about getting extra money to pay for classes by trying to get a job. Even getting a job poses as an issue, with the already lack of jobs being taken by people who sometimes even hold college degrees themselves leaves struggling college students penniless. It then ...
Jobs won’t only support teens for the things they want, but it can help benefit for the things they need. The first things teens think of for their future are going to college and getting their first car. But, let’s say there’s a well educated thirteen-year-old, raised in a low-income family, who has plans on going to college. There’s no way their family can support him to go to college, and its funds could be over-whelming. The only way they could go to college is if they started saving at an early age. Therefore, if they got a job at the age they were at now, they’d be on their way to college by the time they graduate high school. Or, another example would be, if a teen wanted to get their first car on their sixteenth birthday. As you may know, many teens don’t get things handed to them on a silver platter, so they’d have to buy that car themselves. They might be old enough to drive, but they just turned the legal working age. Once they get a job, they’d have to wait at least a year to have enough money for the car as well as its insurance.
Students’ wouldn’t be able to hold down a job is the second reason they shouldn’t dropout of high school. Many employers would like to have someone who has been too high school and that have been educated so they can handle money and add things p...
The McDonald's Corporation is the largest chain of fast food restaurants in the world. It is franchised in over 119 countries and serves an average of 68 million customers daily. The company started in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald in the United States. They reorganized their business as a hamburger stand in 1948. In 1955, Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent. He purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers and oversaw its global-wide growth (McDonald’s 2014).
It is very common that many high school students hold part time jobs while going to school. When these teens work, they are able to learn and experience life lessons from ethical and moral work. Knowing that school is aways and should be a priority, students should work while in high school because working helps students be more responsible with their lives, help them practice time managment, and also helps students see and experience the real world.
Nowadays in the era of globalization, students are encouraged to have work part-time that will create them to become more experienced in their future, teach them to become more independent and mature in real life. Although the students have enough money to pay their fees and able to accommodate the necessities of life but we totally agree that the working part-time should be encouraged because work part-time can give more benefits to students. According to King and Bannon (2002, p. 2), more than 50 percent of full-time students have jobs and “nearly 46% of all full-time employed students work 25 hours or more.” As students work more, they have less time to become engaged in campus life both inside and outside the classroom. Many students love to have part-time jobs. Their parents approve it easily as they are said to gain experience from working. However, having a job is a big responsibility for a student. Before, teenagers at their age were working to help their family because of poverty. Nevertheless, they were actually eager to study and learn at school for their future. It was not the same as the students nowadays where they are more likely competing to each other to have a job. Most of the students are working part-time jobs and some have the intention to work. When we are in any fast food restaurant, supermarket or shop, there are must be school students who are working. Besides, students can gain a lot of experiences, students should be encouraged to work part-time because they can learn new skills and learn how to manage their financial properly.
hours during the weekend could influence a student to work more late-night hours to earn money
Strategic management is the way of implementing different business strategies and plans to attain certain specific aims and objectives. It involves collection of decisions and different rules and policies that tend to define the results that are generated in the form of better business performance. For undertaking these activities, management should possess an in depth understanding and be able to assess the general and competitive external and internal business environment to take proper business decisions (Cornelis, 2010). McDonalds is an organization that offers a range of products and services in a very effective manner that makes it a market leader in providing fast food services all over the world. By enforcing suitable strategies, McDonalds can increase its level of sales and will also help in upgrading as well as sustaining the market by acquiring competitive advantage (Schoenberg, Collier and Bowman, 2013).