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High School Was 10th to 12th Grades

That first summer out of Junior High I worked for Clarance Peterson-his adult daughter Janice Uribe and her husband John Uribe directly supervised me and my work. He owned apartments in Santa Barbara and in Isla Vista. He needed someone to meticulously scrub walls and the grout in tiles. I was paid 80 cents/hour and I did a good job. He was known for firing people who didn't-very quickly. But all that brow beating from my dad to weed perfectly, wash dishes perfectly, sweep the carpet (every square inch) perfectly, well-I'd learned how to be both efficient and precise. So my first job was cleaning apartments. The money I earned? Had to go into the bank-I wasn't allowed to keep it or spend it (of course if I'd kept it, I would have spent it). A LOT of stuff happened in high school. I met my first Asian (didn't remember meeting one in elementary or Jr. High). Hung Wung bought me a candy at See's the day I had gone over to the school to pick up my class schedule. Ye...