Summer job - by Tia

When I was in 5th grade I went away for a week to Camp Big Springs for 5th grade camp. When I came home construction had begun on our home. My dad had decided to expand by adding an entire floor to our home. I remember for the next 3 years every person in the family - particularly my brothers - had a job to do in relation to the giant project. During the summer one year Laura, Beth and I were commissioned to make cardboard inserts before the addition could be insulated. We took huge pieces of cardboard and cut them into strips that fit inside each spacing and we measured, and cut each one to pop out from the ceiling, then we installed them. It took us 6 minutes to do each one and we got paid $.50 for each one we installed - netting us approximately $5.00 per hour for the three of us to share. Not exactly lucrative, but it kept us out of trouble.