Dennis Mclellen's Part-Time Work Ethic

The purpose of Dennis Mclellen’s “Part-Time Work Ethic: Should Teens Go for It?” is to show the readers the opinions of Ellen Greenberger and Laurence Steinberg, they state that the jobs we give kids today are not the same as the jobs people had in the past which taught them more skills. The author begins the essay by giving the opinions of 3 students who work, of the students one seems to think that there are more benefits for working and two say there are more drawbacks. Then Mclellen gives the opinions of Authors Ellen Greenberger, a developmental psychologist and professor of social ecology at the University of California, Irvine, and Laurence Steinberg, a professor of child and family studies at the University of Wisconsin, who wrote “ When Teenagers Work: the Psychological and Social Costs of Adolescent Employment”. In the next section of the essay Mclellen tells us that the authors

Next in paragraphs thirty to thirty two Mclellen quotes Jackie Oakes, college and career guidance specialist at Santa Ana High School who says “Students work for different reasons, and that those kids who aren’t interested in studying, having a job won’t impact that.” In addition, paragraphs thirty three to thirty four gives the opinions of Nathan Keethe, student from Newport Harbor High School, and John Fovos, Student from Fairfax High School, both say that depending on the person it can either keep their grades the same or in some cases help with getting better grades(308). The Author concludes the essay with Greenberger restating that work does not help the students and that they don’t need to become a teen-age drone to grow in self reliance and improved work