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周六在湖邊才開始釣魚呢，老媽的電話就打進來了：女兒昨晚接到電話，要接一個新工作，約好９點見麵。老媽不放心，讓老爸確定是不是和人家見麵。
老爸隻好放下魚杆，詢問女兒詳情。女兒解釋說，昨晚是在email裏收到的見麵通知。太晚了，就沒有告訴老爸。對方是大學的工作人員，是女兒高中的父母介紹的。因為女兒學過野外抓昆蟲，也會製作標本，所以，她的生物老師推薦她去接這個活。老爸問清了見麵地點，告訴老媽如果女兒要去野外抓昆蟲，讓老媽把人家的車牌號碼記下來。雖說對方背景清楚，但女兒是一個人去，又是第一次和人家見麵，老爸心裏還是有些不安。好在一個小時後，老媽的電話又來了：“這下可以放心了。人家不用去抓昆蟲，隻是製作標本。給了女兒一箱子東西，讓女兒自己帶回家作。自己計算時間，兩個禮拜後交回去。”
釣完魚，回到家，看看女兒帶回來的箱子，全是昆蟲。女兒說這幾天是不能作了，天氣太潮濕。老爸就告訴她每次幹活，得記下什麽時候開始，什麽時候結束，精確到分鍾。不能因為人家相信，就可以多算時間。然後告訴她，不能再接別的工作了。她還是要花時間複習，準備九，十月份的考試。現在的工作，是體驗一下真正的生活，不是為了掙錢，一個小時７－８塊錢，也沒有多少。女兒點頭說知道了。老爸也就不和她羅嗦。
看來一過１６歲這個坎，馬上就不一樣了。去年夏天還得老爸老媽出麵幫她聯係，要學校批準才能打工或作義工。今年就差不多都是她自己聯係，自己麵談，自己決定了。看來，這一年是長大了。
（６／２５／２００７）後記
女兒昨天交貨。早晨老爸一車把她送到交貨地點，指望著這份工作就此結束，女兒可以有點時間複習，準備考試呢。誰知老爸出去吃了頓飯，回來發現辦公桌上有女兒的留言和幾樣抓昆蟲的工具。女兒讓老爸給她帶回家。
接女兒回家的路上，老爸問女兒：“What's going on? Seems you are going to continue this job.”
“Yes, They asked me to collect bugs for them in a specific area. You know what, they are very happy with me, and paid me 10 dollars per hour, the highest pay among my 3 jobs. Because they did not establish my account in their department, they paid me with a personal check. I don‘t have to pay social security even.”女兒一臉的興奮。
“I guess they are also happy because you wrote down in detail about your working hours.”
“Yes. The guy just looked the sheet I recorded my time and immidiately wrote the check. I saved it into my bank account.”
“So now, you know how important a person's reutation is in job searching. Because you wrote carefully about your time and the total amount of time matches their estimation, they were happy to let you continue the job. Remember record your time in the future when you go to the field to collect bugs. You should outsource the job to your brother--pay him 1 dollar per hour, and you can sit somewhere to watch him, still getting 9 bucks an hour.” 老爸和女兒開玩笑呢。
“No way! He is going to mess up my bugs.”
“Look, this is a job need your skill you leanred last sememster in biology class. That's why you get higher pay. The work in cornfield is harder, but the pay is less. So you know the importance of education. Don't forget your coming ACT test. Work hard on your test preparation and college application, ok.” 老爸抓住機會，又嘮叨開了。
“OK, ok, I know what to do.”
（７／６／２００７）
老爸隻好放下魚杆，詢問女兒詳情。女兒解釋說，昨晚是在email裏收到的見麵通知。太晚了，就沒有告訴老爸。對方是大學的工作人員，是女兒高中的父母介紹的。因為女兒學過野外抓昆蟲，也會製作標本，所以，她的生物老師推薦她去接這個活。老爸問清了見麵地點，告訴老媽如果女兒要去野外抓昆蟲，讓老媽把人家的車牌號碼記下來。雖說對方背景清楚，但女兒是一個人去，又是第一次和人家見麵，老爸心裏還是有些不安。好在一個小時後，老媽的電話又來了：“這下可以放心了。人家不用去抓昆蟲，隻是製作標本。給了女兒一箱子東西，讓女兒自己帶回家作。自己計算時間，兩個禮拜後交回去。”
釣完魚，回到家，看看女兒帶回來的箱子，全是昆蟲。女兒說這幾天是不能作了，天氣太潮濕。老爸就告訴她每次幹活，得記下什麽時候開始，什麽時候結束，精確到分鍾。不能因為人家相信，就可以多算時間。然後告訴她，不能再接別的工作了。她還是要花時間複習，準備九，十月份的考試。現在的工作，是體驗一下真正的生活，不是為了掙錢，一個小時７－８塊錢，也沒有多少。女兒點頭說知道了。老爸也就不和她羅嗦。
看來一過１６歲這個坎，馬上就不一樣了。去年夏天還得老爸老媽出麵幫她聯係，要學校批準才能打工或作義工。今年就差不多都是她自己聯係，自己麵談，自己決定了。看來，這一年是長大了。
（６／２５／２００７）後記
女兒昨天交貨。早晨老爸一車把她送到交貨地點，指望著這份工作就此結束，女兒可以有點時間複習，準備考試呢。誰知老爸出去吃了頓飯，回來發現辦公桌上有女兒的留言和幾樣抓昆蟲的工具。女兒讓老爸給她帶回家。
接女兒回家的路上，老爸問女兒：“What's going on? Seems you are going to continue this job.”
“Yes, They asked me to collect bugs for them in a specific area. You know what, they are very happy with me, and paid me 10 dollars per hour, the highest pay among my 3 jobs. Because they did not establish my account in their department, they paid me with a personal check. I don‘t have to pay social security even.”女兒一臉的興奮。
“I guess they are also happy because you wrote down in detail about your working hours.”
“Yes. The guy just looked the sheet I recorded my time and immidiately wrote the check. I saved it into my bank account.”
“So now, you know how important a person's reutation is in job searching. Because you wrote carefully about your time and the total amount of time matches their estimation, they were happy to let you continue the job. Remember record your time in the future when you go to the field to collect bugs. You should outsource the job to your brother--pay him 1 dollar per hour, and you can sit somewhere to watch him, still getting 9 bucks an hour.” 老爸和女兒開玩笑呢。
“No way! He is going to mess up my bugs.”
“Look, this is a job need your skill you leanred last sememster in biology class. That's why you get higher pay. The work in cornfield is harder, but the pay is less. So you know the importance of education. Don't forget your coming ACT test. Work hard on your test preparation and college application, ok.” 老爸抓住機會，又嘮叨開了。
“OK, ok, I know what to do.”
（７／６／２００７）
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