For many students babysitting is their first job. Before they have a job they baby-sit their own brothers or sisters.

"I help them do their homework and sometimes cook for them," eighth grader Stephen Torrez said. Though babysitting is a job, some students don't get paid. "They don't even say 'good job'," eighth grader Brianna Penry said.

While babysitting, things might happen and the babysitter doesn't have the authority to punish. "I threaten them that I'm going to tell my mom," Stephen said.

Most students baby-sit after school and on weekends. "I baby-sit from 7:00 to 9:00," eighth grader Rafael Rodriguez said.

"My happiest memory of my sister was the first time I got to carry her," Brianna said. "I want her to succeed in whatever she wants."

This article appeared in the 2001 Fulmore yearbook, The Falcon.