Thursday, September 19, 2019
The Downside of Student Employment Essay -- Argumentative Persuasive E
The Downside of Student Employment     In the last thirty years there has been a significant change in the adolescent experience in the United States. The teenagers of today have jobs. While the teenagers of yesteryear had occasional jobs like baby-sitting and yard work or summer jobs at the pool or on the farm, today’s teenagers have employment during the school year that requires a substantial investment of time. In the past, teenagers were either workers or students; working students usually dropped out of school. Part-time work for students was scarce. Now part-time work is common, and certain segments of the economy rely on the ready availability of low-paid teen-age labor.       In many ways, the high school experience, with its social life, clubs,      sports, and volunteer service opportunities, may appear much the same as      in the past. But the time and commitment required by employment have      brought about significant changes in student attitudes and experiences.      The effects of student employment are consequential and pervasive.      Two major studies examining high school students and their world of      school, work, family, and peers, have considered the issue of student      employment. In Beyond the Classroom, Laurence Steinberg and his associates      report on their comprehensive survey of 20,000 students over ten years,      focusing on student "engagement" with school. (Referred to in notes as      Steinberg.) Another 6-year study of 7000 students looked at student      ambitions and how well they align with reality. This study is reported in      The Ambitious Generation: America's Teenage... ...sted in as a career. The education of      American students should not be at the mercy of mall stores and      McDonald's.       Works Cited       "The Downside of Teen Employment," Secondary School Educators. July 15,      1999. http://7-12educators.miningco.com/Library/Weekly/aa0092697.htm.       Schneider, Barbara and David Stevenson. The Ambitious Generation:      America's Teenagers, Motivated but Directionless. New Haven: Yale      University Press, 1999.       Steinberg, Laurence. Beyond the Classroom. New York: Simon & Schuster,      1996.       Steinberg, Laurence and Elizabeth Cauffman. "The Impact of Employment on      Adolescent Development" in Annals of Child Development, v. 11. London:      Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1995: 131-166. Â
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