Years ago, my dad taught elementary school all day and then went to his second job of teaching adolescents (青少年) in another school. One evening, a student 1 a penny at him. Dad picked it up and put it into the 2 . The teens 3 , and another one another penny. Then 4 .
When my father had 12 cents in his pocket, he said, “Guys, I want to 5 you. All I need is 38 more of these and Im going over to the Fairfield and have a draft beer— 6 you.”
No more penny was flying. He could see the 7 in their faces: Man, Im not going to buy the TEACHER a 8 !
As you can see, I come by my coin fascination honestly. But I also learned 9 he would call a “useful life skill”: sometimes you need to use 10 to solve a problem.
Fathers are 11 the ones who earn money and take the 12 in our culture. Check the Fathers Day greeting 13 section and youll see plenty of references to cash not growing trees and the need to check ones oil regularly. Youll also read a lot about golf, TV remotes and 14 .
