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[Reflect] Make connections: useful job skills.

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Etzioni argues that fast-food jobs do not qualify as meaningful work experience because they do not teach young people the skills and habits they will need for fulfilling careers: “entrepreneurship... or self-discipline, self-supervision and self-scheduling” (par. 6).

To judge Etzioni’s argument against your own experience, consider what you have learned from your own summer and after-school jobs, either paid or volunteer. Your instructor may ask you to post your thoughts on a class discussion board or to discuss them with other students in class. Use these questions to get started:

Which, if any, of the skills and habits Etzioni lists as important did you practice at your job or through the activities in which you participated?
Why do you think these skills and habits are worth learning? If you think other skills and habits are as important or even more important, explain what they are and why you think so.

[Reflect] Make connections: useful job skills.

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