Ben Sasse’s Op-Ed (EPL) Today, youth unemployment during the summer is an issue that is very common in the United States. Teens no longer have to face drastic amounts of hard, exhausting manual labor. Common factors that interfere with a child’s work and limit their experiences consist of parenting time, innovations in technology/machinery, and the media. Throughout Ben Sasse’s Op-Ed, "What to Do with the Kids This Summer? Put ‘Em to Work," Sasse effectively uses ethos, pathos, and logos to support his argument. His argument describes the treacherous issue of teens not growing up due to parents limiting their experience by parenting for too long; therefore, they and the nation will become endangered. To begin, in paragraphs 1–8, the author's …show more content…
Sasse begins to argue that teens sometimes become quite lethargic when it comes to advancing into adulthood. He states that teens are "not obligated to immediately become emotionally, morally, and financially adult" (Sasse par. 8). This explains the issues many teens face today. This is an issue that will affect them and the nation. The children themselves do play a role in this issue, but so do their parents. Here, Sasse uses diction as he describes this issue using powerful words and statements. By using diction, it sounds more professional and appealing, as it gives the writing a more powerful tone, attracting the audience. Next, in paragraph 9, Sasse states that "adolescence is a greenhouse phase, but adolescence should not be an escape from adulthood" (Sasse). This explains how Sasse believes that kids should not use adolescence as an excuse or way to get out of adulthood and the responsibilities of an adult, although some things should be easier. Here, Sasse uses the analogy as an appeal to logos, along with using embedded arguments to support himself. The analogy is used as he describes kids, responsibility, and growing to a greenhouse phase. In this section, embedded arguments are also used, as he argues that children should take on more responsibility and not be parented by their parents for a long period. In paragraph 11, as Sasse continues to explain his …show more content…
In paragraphs 12–13, Sasse thinks of ways to solve this issue. He then provides an example as he describes how he wanted to "create experiences for [his child]... [so he] sent [his] eldest child... to [work] on a cattle ranch" (Sasse). Sasse argues that giving a child more manual, challenging work will allow them to be more successful in their lives. Here, the audience can take his word for it, as he uses ethos by listing anecdotes about his life through what he put his daughter through. These anecdotes give Sasse more believability and trustability, as the author now knows his child experienced something challenging as well. Also, later on in this section, Sasse begins to offer job ideas for the youth community. He describes that jobs are available everywhere, and they just need to "look around [their] neighborhood... Serve [their] community…lawns need to be mowed" (Sasse par. 15). Sometimes children don't know where to start and need a boost. Sasse lists multiple different ways teens can help their community and the new perspective they can gain from it. By listing examples, the author effectively uses scenarios in this section, to persuade and give ideas as to what teens can do in their community. The appeal to pathos continues to be used as Sasse uses a call to action or urgency. Sasse doesn’t ask, but instead, he demands that youth look around and
Knowledge about all that parents and caregivers do for the people they care for puts into perspective how little is done for them. An example of this can be found on page 406 when Gary talks about how he is going to buy new clothes with the money he is earning from picking grapes. The mother, however, had other plans and the inference can be made that she was providing for the children what they needed to survive while the children just wanted to look their best. “Mother earned one hundred and forty-eight dollars. She wrote this on her envelope, with a message I didn’t bother to ask her about.”
Many of these stories involved scenarios where a teen’s act of kindness made another student’s life better. However, some of the stories involved teens who were able to start trends of kindness, as their actions had a domino effect on the people around them, and they were able to transform the atmosphere at their school for the better (Patchin & Hinduja, 2013). Some trends went even farther than the teen’s school and have been carried out nationwide, and some have even caught on throughout other countries. As Patchin and Hinduja (2013) explain, one of the many benefits of the internet is that it takes the great big world and places it in each person’s digital backyard, giving each individual user the opportunity to have their voice heard by anyone that is listening. However, a voice is only heard if it is used; therefore, Patchin and Hinduja (2013) urge teens to use their voice and speak out to make kindness go
Certain parts of their lives the children should have been temporarily removed from their home, On the other hand sometimes there are as well good times for example on page 64 the matter of teaches not to spoil undomesticated animals that look as if they need assistance or help. The parents at this point are indirectly showing and explaining how important it is to be independent and to not depend on others frequently when certain things do not go the way they want them to. The parents were talking about the wildlife around their home, but also referring to the kids as they grow up and move out of the
Carroll highlights the gravity of this duty and appeals to the audience’s desire to give their children the opportunity for a successful future by calling the effects of raising children under “obedience to the will of God” (par. 3) as having “lasting effects, not only on the present, but on future generations.” (par. 2) He also engages the reader by relating to people’s hopes that their children will offer them “support and consolation in sickness and old age.” (par. 3)
This memoir should be assigned to rising seniors for summer reading because it’ll show seniors that they should thrive for more, push their limits and how important it is to prepare for the future. Jeannette Walls explains the hardships she went through when growing up. Moving from place to place, not having fresh food to eat, getting bullied, and having to mature quick. Some teens don’t have to wonder about where they’ll stay or if they’ll have a fresh meal, so they get comfortable and rely on their supporter. Some teens end up staying in their comfort zone and settling when they can strive for more.
Last, children should be treated as children and young adults as young adults. The examples seem that parents don’t treat children as kids. It’s sad that even at a reasonable age parents don’t follow this rule. For example in lines 49-50 a women Janeane Davis says she still checks on her daughters texts and emails even though she is in college. That’s not healthy for real.
Hanna Rosin’s article, “The Overprotected Kid”, addresses the issue that kids are missing out on developmental benefits when they are not allowed to explore the world by weighing their own risks. She introduces rhetoric concepts such as audience, genre, and purpose to get her point across to her readers. Rosin uses these ideas to portray her opinion in a unique way to connect to her readers and persuade them to consider her viewpoint as their own. This article seems to be written as a persuasive journal entry to parents to sway their parenting behaviors to be less overprotective. In Rosin’s article, she makes a strong argument that kids need independence by making her audience, genre, and purpose known from start to finish.
Arnett has provided enough detail about the stage and how it is successful in some cultures compare to the other. This article has also shown how emerging adulthood stage helps prepare adolescence for better future and help them explore their identity while getting them ready for adulthood. This comes with the disadvantage because some young people can take longer till they fully contribute to society. This is a type of a luxury that can’t be afforded by everyone.
“Free-Range Kids,” offers the controversial perspective of the ‘free-range’ parenting philosophy, telling readers that “children deserve parents who love them, teach them, trust them—and then let go of the handlebars”. Similarly, the speech given by Julie Lythcott-Haim, “How to raise successful kids without over-parenting” offers the perspective directly opposing the belief that “kids can’t be successful unless parents are protecting and preventing at every turn”. The two texts offer similar perspectives, but utilise different generic conventions. Skenazy utilizes persuasive techniques such as anecdotal evidence, statistics and expert opinion to endorse the ‘free-range’ technique and add a level of validity. She uses satire to criticise parents,
This book illustrates the idea that kids should be conscious about not repeating the same mistakes the previous generation has made with not taking care of the
Teenage depression and mental health has been downplayed by adults, resulting in a worse turn of fate. Many children and teenagers aren’t receiving the care they need from parents, psychologists and the mental health system. In her essay regarding teenage depression and mental health, Anna Quindlen implores parents, educators, and politicians to be aware and considerate of children’s mindsets. In her intro, Quindlen draws the audience in using provocative diction.
However, the argument is successfully conveyed, more so, with the usage of ethos and logos. For logos, it is by using a survey early on in the article to show the audience, that in American culture children are likely to develop unrealistic goals in response to grown-ups encouraging them to follow their dreams, no matter how lofty. Because of this appeal to logos, Garrett manages to appeal to the audience’s emotions by getting them to inquire about a time where they may have told a child that they could be anything they wanted to be when they grow up, and the negative effect this could have. As for ethos, Garrett promotes her article’s credibility by using both academic and ordinary sources; therefore, allowing her to expand her audience beyond those with a higher form of education. Throughout the entire article, Garrett can be seen using rhetorical appeals to support her
In paragraph five and seven the author says “parental responsibility” a couple times. She is trying to emphasize parents are expected to take care of certain things. She informs us that corporations today are trying to say certain things are the parents fault. “We don't need bans… We need parents who know how to say no.” In this culture it is the
Analysis First and foremost, Haydn Shaw engages the reader by presenting some extreme cases of helicopter parenting and stating that he isn’t a fan of this parenting style. However, he then goes on to tell us that being an involved and engaged parent isn’t a negative thing and gives a further explanation as to why he believes this. Alone the fact that he starts of by stating: “I’m not a fan of helicopter parents”, can make readers with the same attitude identify with him, which will make it easier for him to persuade them with his logic later and eventually change their opinion. In addition to that he manages to use some ethos as his opening line is: “In the workshop I teach on generational differences.”
Some teenagers are having sex. Some teenagers start working during this time. Some teenagers later in adolescences start college application and prepare for graduations. I believe that the adolescence stage covers so much and is a huge transition. I decided to talk about several important changes