pg.286-287

Statistics Listed:
Paragraph 2 "...2/3 of America's high school juniors and seniors now hold down part-time paying jobs..."
Paragraph 10 "...among those students who worked at least 25 hours per week while in school, their unemployment rate four years later was half of that of seniors who did not work ."
Pragraph 11 "...they are "ideal" for lower-class, non academic," minority youngsters..."over- represented" in these jobs (21 percent of fast-food employees)."
Paragraph 12 "...a third of fast doof employees (including some high school drop outs) labor more than 30 hours per week..."
Paragraph 13 "...24 percent of thes eniors at one high school in 1985worked as much as five to seven days; 27 percent, three to five."
-Etzioni's use of statistics is an effective way for readers to agree with his opinion. Using statistics to support his opinion was skillful of him because when people see statistics they know that time was taken to conduct the surveys needed. People feel more confident with them, and even more confident of its accuracy.

Direct Statements Listed:
Paragraph 6 "Closer examination, however, finds the McDonald's kind of job highly uneducational in several ways."
Paragraph 15 "Supervision is often both tight and woefully inappropriate."
Paragraph 16 "There is no father or mother figure with which to identify,to emulate, to provide a role model or guidance.
Paragraph 20 Thus, most teen work these days is not providing early lessons in the work ethic; it fosters escape from school and responsibilities, quick gratification and a short cut to consumeristic aspects of adult life."
-The most convincing statement is the last sentence in paragraph 20 because from personal experience not to mention the countless numbers of friends I had while in high school who had jobs then, they're all materialistic young people who spend most their money on unecessary items, like jewelry, name brand shoes, etc. Yet they drive the ugliest cars on campus. I can also recall plenty who dwell on their thoughts of quitting school just to worka nd get paid and to spend the money soon after. Very few were smart enough just to even save their pay checks for emergencies, or a rainy day, others would send their checks to relatives back in P.I.
The least convincing was from paragraph 16. Sure there isn't a parent like supervision, but new workers are usually supervised by other teens or people in their early twenties wh have worked there for a couple years to guide them. Some old folks forget or don't take into consideration that time has changed and that students know too much for their own good. They can;t see that we were being educated so well we have a high sense of independence. Mind you thats only how I feel.