I
chose to write about an article from our book called The Dead-End Kids. This
article was written by Michele Manges, a writer from the Wall Street Journal.
She describes how teen are working part time jobs that are teaching them
nothing in return. Some of these teen are working long hours and showing up for
class late, sleeping in class, getting bad grades, or are not showing up for
class at all. Michele thinks that in the near future due to our economy it will
only get worse.
I
disagree with this reading. I do not think it is the responsibility of the
business to teach anything to their employees besides how to do their job. I
think it is important for not just the parents but also our schools to emphasize
the importance of money and having a job. It is the parent’s job to pound into
the kid’s head how important saving money, going to college and being
successful is. Let’s say you own a business and someone come in harping on you
because you haven’t taught their kid anything of worth what are you going to
tell the parent?
