allen levine
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In preparation that hopefully we move in a year or so, i needed to start somewhere, so I decided to clean out the 4 foot crawlspace under my house.
beach chairs, golf bag and clubs, bins and bins of books, tapes, 1960 excercise bike, 3 busted up old bicycles, and 100s of other items, you get the picture, old luggage,
everything was rusted or just unusable.
I tried to get some kids from my block, I offered each one 125 dollars, guaranteed only 3-4 hours work for one kid.
oh yeah, Ill let you know was the response.
I waited, forget it, I tried thru someone I knew from high school, forget it.
40 dollars an hour is not enough it seems
a woman who cleans our house now and then, has a son in high school, although b orn here, his p;arents were born in central america.
the kid works weekends all weekend long.
he was thrilled and b rought a friend.
in less then 1 hour they had everything in my yard. then they helped me sort thru the heavy stuff, p;ut it where I wanted it, and left.
good boys....both central american born parents, parents who work who immigrated to this country legally and love this country and the opportunities it gave them.
this kids father painted my house, he has a thriving business. he and his wife taught his kid the right things....respect and have a good work ethic.
unfortunately, I dont see the same in the american born parents kids....seems noone wants to get their hands dirty or do anything that will cut into their twitter or twatter time online.
sorry, had to vent....something has gone wrong with american kids.....not all, but it seems way too much laziness for me......my kids worked since they were young....and still work hard.....maybe Im a bad parent, I made my kids respect work and they worked hard....maybe they resent me for that....dont care...
beach chairs, golf bag and clubs, bins and bins of books, tapes, 1960 excercise bike, 3 busted up old bicycles, and 100s of other items, you get the picture, old luggage,
everything was rusted or just unusable.
I tried to get some kids from my block, I offered each one 125 dollars, guaranteed only 3-4 hours work for one kid.
oh yeah, Ill let you know was the response.
I waited, forget it, I tried thru someone I knew from high school, forget it.
40 dollars an hour is not enough it seems
a woman who cleans our house now and then, has a son in high school, although b orn here, his p;arents were born in central america.
the kid works weekends all weekend long.
he was thrilled and b rought a friend.
in less then 1 hour they had everything in my yard. then they helped me sort thru the heavy stuff, p;ut it where I wanted it, and left.
good boys....both central american born parents, parents who work who immigrated to this country legally and love this country and the opportunities it gave them.
this kids father painted my house, he has a thriving business. he and his wife taught his kid the right things....respect and have a good work ethic.
unfortunately, I dont see the same in the american born parents kids....seems noone wants to get their hands dirty or do anything that will cut into their twitter or twatter time online.
sorry, had to vent....something has gone wrong with american kids.....not all, but it seems way too much laziness for me......my kids worked since they were young....and still work hard.....maybe Im a bad parent, I made my kids respect work and they worked hard....maybe they resent me for that....dont care...