I rather enjoyed reading this essay by William Kowinski. It opened my eyes to a new way of looking at spending time at the mall. I always thought of the mall as just... the mall. I never thought of it as grade school without the classes. I also never thought of the mall as teaching me life lessons and preparing me for the future. I always thought I was just having fun with my friends and shopping. The mall was never my other mother, or my baby-sitter. I have, and still do, spend a good deal of time at the mall. But I have noticed that, as I get older, the shorter my visits last. I'm usually in and out now. And I actually go with a set thing that I'm interested in purchasing. I'm not going as much as a place to hang out with my friends on the weekends or when we're bored.
As for the reading, I think the author did a great job with this argument, providing facts that supported both sides of the coin. It was very balanced and left the readers open to their own opinions on the matter.
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This essay definitely gave me a new perspective of the mall and all the things it could teach people, especially teens today. I agree with you on the fact that whenever I went to the mall as a younger kid and even know, I simply went there to have fun and hang out, not to learn life lessons. I also don’t agree with the fact the some parents take advantage of the fact that their kids may enjoy spending time at the mall so that they don’t have to spend money on a babysitter, to me that’s just wrong, but the author did do a good job in displaying all the good and bad effects the mall can have on kids today.
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