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In the scientific article, “Beautiful Teenage Brains” (2005), David Dodds argues that a teenager’s risk-taking tendency doesn’t come from their underdeveloped brain but by other thought processes. He does this by gathering evidence and research from people who have studied the phenomena. He argues his point in order to convince adults that teenagers make decisions involving risk-taking in a different way. As I have stated before, the intended audience is most likely adults that have teenagers as kids. The author of this article claims that teenagers take the same amount of risks adults take unless they feel there will be a reward. I disagree. I think that some teenagers take less risks than adults and some more. Saying that all teenagers are risk takers is not necessarily true. While the author did relate his ideas to some research that involved his ideas, I do not feel that this research truly reflects how teenagers take risks compared to adults. ...

In Amitia Etzioni’s article, “Working at McDonald’s” (1986), he advocates the idea that students working during school lessens their education. He establishes this essay by giving examples from McDonald’s to support his claim. His purpose is to advise readers hat fast food jobs aren’t what they seem. The intended audience is high school parents and students. The author of this reading informs the audience that working at a place like McDonald's is a bad influence on young adults. I agree with his argument to a certain extent because Mcdonalds truly does not try to inspire their employees to be creative. I work at a place called Main Event that hosts parties, serves food, and has bowling lanes. At Main Event, our job is to make sure that each guest  receives a unique experience that will last a lifetime. Because Mcdonalds is such a massive corporation, people should be able to get the best experience every time they go just like at Main Event. While this is the idea that was onc...

In “How Serious was the Volkswagen Scandal?”, Jacob Skrovan brings to light the exploitation of diesel fuel by volkswagen engineers. Skovran develops this piece by  giving background information on engineers. He uses this scandal to acknowledge how this company managed to get people to buy a product that was malfunctioning. The purpose of this essay is to educate readers of what goes on behind the scenes. The intended audience are manufacturers and drivers. As I read “How Serious Was the Volkswagen Scandal?”, I thought of the ride in Epcot called “Test Track”. In “Test Track” one must design a car and compare their design to others. The cars are tested through scenarios involving capability, power, efficiency, and responsiveness. The Volkswagen company cheated the system in an unfair way. I connected this story to “Test Track” because I have always wanted my car design to score the highest score out of my family, and Volkswagen obviously wanted the same in the car industry. ...

Sam, Kayla, Julia, Mia Dr. Greene English 1102  6 February 2018   RRR "The War on High Schools" In Wendy Kaminer’s essay, “The War on High Schools” (2001), she suggests the idea that the freedom of high school students has been stripped from them due to a uniformed dress code. Kaminer creates the idea that the students are imprisoned and unable to freely express themselves. She did this by showing the way they were disciplined because of how they dressed. This piece was written to exert the issues amongst many high schoolers. The intended audience is the school system. In the reading, Kaminer suggests that high school administrators have gone too far with punishing students for expressing their rights. I understand where the author is coming from, but on the other hand, I also understand the schools’ point of view. While I strongly believe in students having rights, I do feel as though extreme foul language in fron...