Working While In School By Jeffrey J. Selingo Summary

How many people have jobs in college? Working is not something that is popular among college students, as only about 20 percent of them have some form of a job. Over the years, students enrolled in college have stopped working, most likely due to a decision to focus on their education, and although education is important--jobs are too. Students with jobs can learn the skills needed in life to become successful and strive to stay motivated to improve their academic performance. In the essay, “Why More Teenagers And College Students Need To Work While In School” by Jeffrey J. Selingo, his claim that--more teenagers and college students should work while pursuing their education–is supported by his use of pathos and expert testimony which builds ethos.

To begin, the author utilizes pathos throughout the essay to create an

The author begins this essay by acknowledging the drop in the number of college students who work, and the possible reasons why when he states: “. . . today’s college graduates don’t have enough experience learning from failures or hardships, so they are not skilled at prioritizing and dealing with difficult clients that come with the rush of work” (Selingo 309). The author’s description of how college students lack experience and are not able to deal with difficult clients creates a sense of pathos as readers are able to connect to when they were a college student or witnessed a college student who lacked experience gained from hardships–effectively enacting an emotional appeal to readers. This proves how the author is stating that college students lack the experience that is crucial in their lives, due to the fact that they did not have jobs while in college–proving the claim that more teenagers and college students should work while pursuing their education. Additionally, the author goes on to acknowledge the other side to the dilemma, until he refutes by saying jobs are still