Subj : Re: food and family  was:
To   : RUBEN FIGUEROA
From : Janis Kracht
Date : Fri Dec 06 2019 19:15:28

Hi Ruben,

>->  > Even though I worked every summer, my mom insisted because I was working
>> I
>-> > had to give her something like 25 bux a week out of my paycheck... which
> -> > back in the late 60's that was a bit of $$ to me, since minimum wage is
> all you ever got in High School.

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> Janis, I went through same thing.  I had just finishd 8th grade and was
> looking forward to summer, when my mom announced I had a job.  That job
> was a dishwasher at a hotel that my Uncle worked in as a butcher.  I
> made 7 dollars for an 8 hour shift.  Long story short I cashed in my
> first pay check (guys at work told me where to get it cashed).  I was
> feeling good about it until I got home and my mom asked me where was my
> pay check.  I had a confused look about me as how did she know I got
> paid.  Well I told her I had cashed it, she reprimanded for doing so and
> told me to give me the cash I had left.  She said I was to hand over my
> check each time.

That sounds like my mom, for sure :)

> I later found out that she was using the money to help pay for a private
> high school I was enrolled in (didn't know that I was).  So every summer
> and every job I had that is what I did, hand over my pay check.  All my
> brothers did the same.  We were a family of 8 kids and 7 were boys, but
> we all did the same until we graduated from high school.

My family was 5 girls and 1 boy, and yes, we all did the same until we 
graduated from high school.  It did teach us to appreciate the value of the 
money we earned, and helped us to spend it wisely as well.  It also felt good 
to know that we were helping out in this way since Mom and Dad worked such long 
hours.

> Though as a 14 year old boy I didn't like it, I learned that it was good
> training for me to understand that my paycheck was just not for me, that
> other people could be depending on me for it.

> I appreciate my mom in training me that way.  She said it is always my
> duty to help my family and others.

A very neat woman, no doubt.

> So this is somewhat a tribute to my parents who barely got a middle
> school equivalent education and raised 8 succesful children in various
> professions and we have raised our children who are now grown men and
> women with their own family and the traditions we were taught continue.

Thank you for a great reply, Ruben. :)

Take care,
Janis

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