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去年夏天女兒太小，要掙錢還得學校校長批準。今年終於翻過了那個坎，有了自由。這不，通過老爸老媽的關係，去年夏天的的工作今年接著幹，但一周才６個小時，一個小時才６塊５，哪能讓小丫頭滿意呢？不行，自己找－－可好，又找了兩個工作！
昨天幹了一上午，回到家，給老爸匯報：“玉米地裏幫農學院育種呢。８塊５一小時，看，不錯吧？”
老爸當然知道大太陽底下幹活的辛苦。提醒她要長衣長袖，放曬油，喝多多的水。。。人家還是為了那８塊５而興奮呢。好吧，昨天是培訓，今天要幹一整天，她會知道點當農民的艱辛的。
早上送女兒上班，就開始了思想教育：“８.５ dollars per hour. That's for illegal immigrants, right? Let's see you work 8 hours a day, you would have roughly 75 dollars. Take tax away, you likely get 50 bucks. Let's assume you work 30 days per month, then you would earn 1500 bucks per month, and 18K per year. Not much, is it?”
“Hey, it's a lot for me.”女兒連忙反駁。
“Ok, let take a look how much a college graduate earn. In my field, the minimal salary is 25K for entry level. If in electric engineering or accounting field, it should be 50-60K, plus benefit from employer. So, a college degree is a good thing to go, right? You better choose your major carefully since there is a big difference between different fields.”
“I know. That's why poor get poorer. What's the tax for?”女兒問老爸。
“Federal tax and state tax are for government spending.”
“I know this, some of the tax is for Iraq war. What about the social security?”
“You learnt from your history book about why it was established, right? A good purpose, but not a good way for investment of your retirement. The money is used to pay retired people, and the rest is invested mainly in government bond--the government gets low-interest loan. So it's not properly invested. And the worst, of course, nobody knows how long it will last. By the time you retire, I am not sure there is any money left. So don't count it.”
“I know. Hopefully I don't have to pay federal tax. 50 bucks a day isok for me now. BTW, I need to get a bike this weekend so I can run betweenn jobs.”
“Then, don;t count yesterday's and today's money--it might be enough for your bike, huh.”
“Don't make me depressed.” 女兒抗議了。
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Welcome my daughter to the real world!
(4/15/2007)
昨天幹了一上午，回到家，給老爸匯報：“玉米地裏幫農學院育種呢。８塊５一小時，看，不錯吧？”
老爸當然知道大太陽底下幹活的辛苦。提醒她要長衣長袖，放曬油，喝多多的水。。。人家還是為了那８塊５而興奮呢。好吧，昨天是培訓，今天要幹一整天，她會知道點當農民的艱辛的。
早上送女兒上班，就開始了思想教育：“８.５ dollars per hour. That's for illegal immigrants, right? Let's see you work 8 hours a day, you would have roughly 75 dollars. Take tax away, you likely get 50 bucks. Let's assume you work 30 days per month, then you would earn 1500 bucks per month, and 18K per year. Not much, is it?”
“Hey, it's a lot for me.”女兒連忙反駁。
“Ok, let take a look how much a college graduate earn. In my field, the minimal salary is 25K for entry level. If in electric engineering or accounting field, it should be 50-60K, plus benefit from employer. So, a college degree is a good thing to go, right? You better choose your major carefully since there is a big difference between different fields.”
“I know. That's why poor get poorer. What's the tax for?”女兒問老爸。
“Federal tax and state tax are for government spending.”
“I know this, some of the tax is for Iraq war. What about the social security?”
“You learnt from your history book about why it was established, right? A good purpose, but not a good way for investment of your retirement. The money is used to pay retired people, and the rest is invested mainly in government bond--the government gets low-interest loan. So it's not properly invested. And the worst, of course, nobody knows how long it will last. By the time you retire, I am not sure there is any money left. So don't count it.”
“I know. Hopefully I don't have to pay federal tax. 50 bucks a day isok for me now. BTW, I need to get a bike this weekend so I can run betweenn jobs.”
“Then, don;t count yesterday's and today's money--it might be enough for your bike, huh.”
“Don't make me depressed.” 女兒抗議了。
。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。
Welcome my daughter to the real world!
(4/15/2007)
沒錯，我是跟他們學英文。俺的發音，湖南腔，重音也長不準，他們也願意校正老爸的發音。