Every teen must go through the transition to become a responsible adult, a mature person and a community servant. It has always been believed that in order to transform into the latter, a teen must learn self reliant and independency which can be obtained by applying for a part time job. However, it was argued in the article, Working at McDonalds, by Amitai Etzioni, whether part time jobs are the answer to every parent prayer. Etzioni reveals interesting points that some parents, if not all, might not have considered before. Actually, I believe that teens part time jobs are not as a wonderful idea as it sounds.
Fast food industry is the one comes to the teenage mind when approaching a job. Such jobs rely a lot on repetition where creativity has no place in the map. From flipping burgers to cleaning the grill, a teen worker would not have the opportunity to gain a lot of knowledge or even to have a space for an idea to share. Etzioni referred to the "cash register" example to support his argument stating that such skills are "insignificant" as it would take for example 20 minutes to be learned, which is the ugly truth. If there is one thing teens should develop to become better workers in the future, it would be creativity as the world we live today is rapidly changing. Globalism and Technological innovations have a huge influence on what kind of workers are needed nowadays. Creative people are definitely among the most needed ones.
