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My First Job I was six when I joined my father and two elder brothers at sunrise in the fields of Eufaula, Okla. __1__ the time I was eight, I was helping dad fix up old furniture. He gave me a cent for every nail I __2__ out of old boards. I got my first __3__ job at JM's Restaurant in town when I was 12. My main responsibilities were __4__tables and washing dishes, but sometimes I helped cook. Every day after school I would __5__ to JM's and work until ten. Even on Saturdays I __6__ from two until eleven. At that age it was difficult going to work and __7__ my friends run off to swim or play. I didn't necessarily like work, but I loved what working allowed me to have. Because of my __8__ I was always the one buying when my friends and I went to the local Tastee Freez. This made me __9__. Word that I was trustworthy and hard-working got around the town. A local clothing store offered me credit __10__ I was only in the seventh grade. I immediately charged a $ 68 sports coat and a $ 22 pair of shoes. I was making only 65 cents an hour, and I already owed the storekeeper $ 90! So I learned early the danger of easy credit. I paid it __11__ as soon as I could. My first job taught me self-control, responsibility and brought me a level of personal satisfaction few of my friends had experienced. As my father, who worked three jobs, once told me, "If you __12__ sacrifice (奉献) and responsibility, there are not many things in life you can't have." How right he was!
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