Tempe High School Class of 1969

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Tempe High School Class of 1969 - First Job

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Body:	<i>Babysitting was my first job. I started when I was 10 years old. At that time, I would just babysit for famiies on our block (W. 17th Place), or nearby, so that if I needed help, my mom or one of my older sisters could come help me out. I don't remember ever calling for them. My rates were 50 cents an hour. Sometimes the families I babysat would offer me extra money for extra work, i.e. cleaning the kitchen, doing the laundry, ironing, cleaning bathrooms. It was usually paid at 50 cents per chore. I can remember one night having nine children from 3 different families to care for. The oldest was 9 and the youngest was 6 weeks old. I think I was about 12. As I've posted memorabilia on this website, I've discovered something very interesting. During our Freshman and Sophomore years, I have many programs from football games, basketball games, wrestling matches and tournaments, plays, musicals, and concerts. For our Junior and Senior years, I have almost nothing. The reason??? I was discovered as a babysitter!! Instead of going to the games, I was babysitting the coaches' kids. In addition, some of my parents' friends were moving through the line of Bender girls as babysitters. I regularly babysat for Coaches Widmer, Cosner,and Campbell, as well as Mr. Walker (band director), Bob and Ann Patterson(parents' friends), and neighborhood families, especially the Browers. Between them all, it was pretty normal for me to babysit Thursday night, Friday night, all day Saturday, Saturday night, Sunday night, and Monday night. During our Senior year, I babysat for the Walkers after school 3 or 4 days a week, so Mrs. Walker could give piano lessons from her home. The families were always wonderful to me, leaving me snacks and soda pop, and often times tipping me!! I always had lots of money that I saved in a cigar box. There were strict rules for babysitting, taught to me by my sisters: Number 1- never use the phone except to let my parents know when I'd be home; 2- make sure all doors were locked; 3-make sure all toys were picked up; 4- don't go to sleep!! I know my daughter now pays her babysitter $10.00-$12.00 an hour(Los Angeles rates) to care for her baby. I just think how very rich I could've been!!</i> *
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