“I Am not Going to Take Janitor as My Career”

兒子的小時工進展順利。周六老太太又約了兒子去幫助打掃衛生。老爸老媽按約定的時間把兒子帶到老太太的公寓，老太太說最近房東添置了不少新的電器，需要比較長的時間來清理。希望兒子能幹一個半小時。周末丟了剛剛掙回來的20塊錢（上州替出門休假的同學一家照看寵物貓掙來的錢）的兒子一聽有機會多掙錢，自然一口答應。

到了約好的時間，老爸老媽來接，遠遠地看見兒子推著一輛車去倒垃圾呢。知道這是老太太打掃衛生的最後一道工序，我們來得正是時候。兒子看見老爸老媽開車過來，推著車子揮手，一臉笑嘻嘻的。停好車，老媽上樓去接，老爸在車子裏等。幾分鍾後兒子跑過來，給老爸看他掙的十快錢的票子，告訴老爸老太太下樓來，要和老爸說話。

老爸連忙從車裏出來，迎著顫顫微微的老太太說下午好。老太太說： I want to tell you that your son is a good boy. He worked all the time without stopping or rest. He is really good. 

老爸老媽謝完老太後，告辭上車。和兒子說：Great! You can count on her to write you a good recommendation letter if you look another hourly job.

兒子的第一個反應就是： I am not going to take janitor as my career. 

老爸會心一笑: Then, you better study hard. Nobody wants to be a janitor since it pays so low. Only these who has no other skills have to take it. Also, a good recommendation letter can tell how responsible and reliable you are, and that could be used for any job. Keep your money in a safe place. Don't lost your money again. You are responsible for your extra spending for the trip to DC in June. 

嗯，打工掙的錢重要，但更重要的是開始思考將來要幹什麽。

（二0一二年四月三日）