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The Lesson - Online Term Paper

The Lesson

I made my way to my fathers store, in downtown Manhattan, to help him with the daily grind. He had employed me, because we as a family had not been able to make ends meet. When we had just enough money, however, my schooling and the food had taken priority. But unfortunately, the times when we could make things meet were not very common. My father, in his tender way of putting things, asked me to help him stock the shelves, and take an inventory of the current amount of products on those shelves and then write out a list of where I put them. He explained to me that the only way to keep accurate books was to keep a list of everything, and store this list in a very safe places.
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order and soon found himself to be as rich and wealthy (in grain) as the king. This, now rich farmer, bought a very precious ruby and to the king to deliver as a gift as a gift of gratitude.
When my father told me this, it was one of those special times in my life, To learn from a man of experience, whom no better to learn from than one’s father. That day I learned that buisness is trickey, but can be done with precision control when hard work is put into it. He also taught me when to show ...

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Added: 1/25/2006 07:38:43 AM
Category: Creative Writing
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