Central is a
veritable babysitters mill. The campus
is full of so many children; it’s handy to have so many students on hand to
take care of them. Just today, I
happened to stop by Student Development for a mid-morning pick me up, when I
was propositioned to babysit. Just like
that! I was minding my own business,
lamenting the fact that there was absolutely no chocolate left, when three
faces of the staff nature turned my way.
Hesitantly, I asked what the job entailed. Hey, I’m not against earning a few bucks on
the side—I am the proverbial broke college student, after all. But, as soon as, “…7:30 am to 6:30 pm this
Saturday” was mentioned, I basically zoned out with a look of “I’m trying to be
polite and listen to you, but that sounds horrifying” on my face. Needless to say, I turned the wonderful
opportunity to spend all day with a sweet five year old girl down. This resulted in the immediate need for a
replacement option and the rundown of a very short list of people suitable for
the job.
Now, I’m not
trying to criticize this system of foisting children in need of supervision on
mostly clueless college students. Hey,
if they’re brave enough to leave those kids with us, more power to them! I just think it’s kind of funny how often
this happens. I’ve been with certain
friends who receive a call asking if they can babysit in fifteen minutes or
just babysit for a random hour. We are a
convenient resource. I understand, and
it’s okay. But, maybe we need a better
system for this kind of thing. Instead
of trying to randomly pick a person, why don’t we start some kind of babysitting
sign-up sheet. If girls are interested
in that sort of thing, have done it in the past, or whatever, they can just put
their name and number on a list, and voila, a set group of people ready and
willing to watch your kids. I would have
been politically correct and said “girls or guys,” but really do any of the
guys on this campus babysit? My
follow-up article: “The Secret Every Guy Is Hiding: Let Me Babysit Your Children, Because I Love
Kids!” Okay, that sounded a lot weirder
typed out. Anyhow, that’s something to
think about: create a babysitter’s list!
In the meantime, if anyone’s interested in this current gig, feel free
to talk to Amy Burrill, Lyndsi Romero, or Missy Mayse!
By: Stephanie Harper
By: Stephanie Harper
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