DRAFT FOR ARGUMENT PAPER

PRESENTATION OF THE ISSUE

Maybe start out with a quote from an authority about how working at McDonald's is bad for teenagers.

"McDonald's is a bad place for teenagers to work because the jobs offered do not promote creativity or provide marketable skills."




POSSIBLE REASONS

The job consists of factory line production of food with little input from the workers.

The skills that are learned there are minimal, and will not lead to good jobs later in life.



OBJECTIONS

McDonald's gives kids a sense of teamwork, and the importance of showing up on time for a job.



ANSWER TO OBJECTIONS

Teamwork is defined as people working together and exchanging ideas to reach a goal. Here the teenagers act as robots on a conveyor belt.  Give and take and conversations are not encouraged by management.

There are others ways to learn the importance of showing up on time-like in the school setting. You don't need a job to learn this and besides you will lose time for studying.  ( Perhaps some stats about how after school jobs affects grades, etc...)


CONCLUSION

Sum it up for the reader. Make mention of both side of the argument and where you stand.