Evidence (Ethos,Pathos, Logos)

Thesis: Most college students should have a job while in college because they become more independent and learn important skills they will need in the future.

• My strongest evidence is the claim of that college students who have a job while taking classes learn important skills like time-management and social skills because once a student has a job and have school, they need to balance their time to make sure they can complete their assignments, have time to study for exams and still be free to work as well. This is strong evidence because everyone knows that most students, especially college students don't have the time management skill they need for school. Most students like to goof off and procrastinate on their schoolwork and once they have a job, they won't have the amount of free time as they did before and they will be force to complete their assignments earlier and not to procrastinate as much. Lastly, once they have a job, students will begin developing social skill like talking to someone, working in a group and listen to directions because they will need to be able to work in a group, listen to their manager and need to be able to talk to a customer. These social skills can be transfer to college life and in school in general because in school, students will be working in group, will need to talk to their professors properly and students will need to be able to follow directions. Because this is my strongest evidence, I will probably mention it in the beginning of my paper and reinforce it through my paper.
  
• My weakest evidence is my rebuttal to that college students who have a job while taking classes will be more focus on making money rather than on their grades and classes. I will argue that it is true that students will feel like they are making a lot of money, but the money they are making now doesn't equal to the amount of money they could be making with a college education. This is my weakest evidence because I feel like it doesn't support my argument as well as I would like it to. Also college students, who are my target audience, love it when they have money because they can buy stuff that they want and they can be independent of asking their parents for money.What I would do to strengthen my rebuttal is that I would mention my own personal experience with having a job while in high school to gain trust with my audience. Also I could find another rebuttal to support my claim and my first rebuttal to make it stronger. Lastly, I would try to show how this counterargument is only successful if you are looking at students in general, but I am not. I am saying that there are some students who wouldn't be able to work and be in school, while they are other that can like myself.