Amitai Etzioni

‘’Domination’’ Do you have the latest Louis Vuitton bag? Are you late on bill payments? Consumerism has dominated our values and morals of life. People assume that we need these things. In the article spent, Amitai Etzioni discusses the topic of American society is suffering from a social disease of consumerism and concludes that such ‘’a culture in which the urge to consume dominates the psychology of citizen’s is a culture in which people will do almost…

Civic engagement is very important in today’s society. It is important for everyone to be involved in the community and be connected with what is going on. It can open their eyes to the impact that they can have on society. Civic engagement is a term used to describe the activities which promote the bridging of communities. It means working to make a difference and developing knowledge, skills, motivation and values to make that difference. There are also different ways of being…

After reading the story “Working at McDonald’s” by Amitai Etzioni I agree with Etzionis thesis that overall there are pros and cons of working part time as a teenager. If I were to have to choose a side I would have to disagree with Etzioni. Etzioni believes that there are more negatives than positives involved. However, I believe that in this situation the pros outweigh the cons. First, I disagree because I think a part time job is a great way for teenagers to build interpersonal skills that…

and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), yet NOAA could help preserve the world. Amitai Etzioni discussed how the government should be more concerned about the ocean because it impacts the climate. Government funding should be put towards oceanic studies because people receive a lot of their food supply from the ocean. Finally, Etzioni discussed the amount of energy that could come from harnessing ocean currents. Etzioni has a great argument as to why ocean exploration should come before space…

In Amitai Etzioni “ Working at McDonald’s” he describes the bad influence about working in fast-food chains. Etzioni’s research displays that student who work at fast-food chains has academic problems, as well as, school attendance and other extracurricular activities will be placed aside instead of made as a priority. His research also conveys that teenagers working at fast food restaurants impact the skills that will be useful in later life, and demolish their ideas about the worth of a common…

In Amitai Etzioni’s essay, “Working at McDonald’s”, he boldly opens with “McDonald’s is bad for your kids. I do not mean the flat patties and the white-flour buns; I refer to the jobs teen-agers undertake, mass-producing these choice items.” His essay, through an eye-opening perspective, convincingly outlines how McDonald’s and fast food restaurants alike are bad for teenagers. With his strong use of comparing and contrasting traditional thoughts of teenagers in the fast food workforce versus…

the essay, “Working at McDonald’s,” Amitai Etzioni strongly argues that working, especially at McDonald’s type restaurants, is bad for teenagers. He thinks that working at fast-food chains can contribute to academic problems by stating “ At first, such jobs may seem right out of the Founding Fathers’s education manual … but in fact, these jobs undermine school attendance and involvement, impart few skills that will be useful in later life”( Etzioni 3). Etzioni strongly agures that working at…

national deficit, economist and former member of the White House staff, Amitai Etzioni, discusses where cuts should and should not be made to the national budget in order to balance the fund shortage. He criticizes the U.S. government’s backing of banks and Wall Street as the money may be made up by cuts to social programs. Etzioni states that these cuts would in turn affect the lowest social class who tend to benefit from these programs. Etzioni’s…

Sociology professor and founder of the Communitarian Network, Amitai Etzioni, in his rhetorical argumentative essay, Working at McDonald’s, explains the lack of skills acquired in the work force for teens working at large fast food companies like Taco John's, KFC, and McDonald’s. Etzioni’s purpose is to inform parents of the lack of skills developed in large fast food chains. He adopts a traditional tone in order to convince parents of today’s teens, the lack of developing the skills in the…

students in high school choose to work in fast-food chains as busboys, waiters, or waitresses. However, these “highly structured” jobs, according to Amitai Etzioni, the author of “Working at McDonald’s,” are “far from providing opportunities for entrepreneurship or self-discipline, self-supervision, and self-scheduling” (250). A sociology professor, Etzioni believes that these jobs bring negative impacts on teens’ education and growth, including undermining their academic performance, providing…