Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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SIXTH GRADE To babysit or be babysat Playing tricks, pulling pranks, and simply giving the babysitter a hard time is always on one ' s mind who gets babysat. And on the other hand, some try to avoid these disasters from happening to themselves. This is the main difference between a sixth grader who gets babysat and one who babysits. There is a fine line between the judgement of babysitting and being babysat and sixth graders often fall on this line. Some people define babysit- ting as eating all their food, calling friends on their phone, and just kick back until their parents come back home. Just looking after the child is not enough when you babysit but taking full responsibility of the child because the child ' s par- ents depend on you. I babysit my cousin every other Saturday because her mother works pretty late, so I have to keep her entertained by taking her to the local park, to some stores, let her watch T.V., things to make her happy. I usu- ally get paid ten dollars every Thomas Evans Angel Figueroa Hilary Filloon Marlon Fisher Francisco Flores Sandra Flores Shana Fuller Zuleyma Galdomez Harry Galstian ; Joanna Ganz Jovita Garay Joseph Gilmore Erik Gonzalez Lucy Gonzalez Elizabeth Gordon Elena Grant Rasheda Green Rajvir Grewal Michelle Griffin Michelle Guadagno Gabriel Guillen Maya Hagege Zuhra Hameed Adrian Hammers Wendy Hermosillo Adolfo Hernandez Cathrine Hudis Kyung Hwang Nicole Jackson Ryan Jesena Anabel Juarez Daniel Juarez time I babysit, said Ayesha Munir. Babysitters often treat you differently from person to per- son. Some may be very strict about the rules, some may be very sensitive and nice, and some just might not care at all about you. My mom and dad work so I get babysitted often. My baby- sitter is very nice because she buys me anything, from food to toys. She even got me a Nin- tendo! See, my babysitter has no kids and so she thinks of me as her own daughter. I still think I ' m old enough to take care of myself though, said Fa- tima Marenco. The way you treat a child when you babysit varies from kid to kid because some are very rambunctious and voluble while some are as quiet as a rock. I babysit my niece and nephew on weekends for about three hours. I love my niece, she is sweet and quiet but my neph- ew is a brat. He gets food from the kitchen and throws it be- hind the couch. He also spreads cereal all over the table for no reason, said Tracy Alexander. By Koty Mukasa Would you rather be babysitting or be babysat and why? I would rather have someone babysit me be- cause the babysitter lets you do anything you want to do, said Alyson An- gotti- I ' d rather babysit be- cause it is a responsibility you take to show that you are mature enough and ready to take the next step in a job that has to do with responsibility, said Eva- lynne Moyo. I think it would be ba- bysat because you get to do anything such as watching the T.V. real late or calling your friends, said Jesus Reyn- oso. 150 Sixth grade Faces

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If you found one-hun- dred dollars what would you buy? I would buy stuff for my skateboard, shoes, and candy, Chris Bulpitt said. I ' d buy clothes, shoes and jewelry, Amelia Ruiz said. I ' d buy clothes for my- self, a phone and jewelry for my friends, Jesus Reynoso said. I ' d buy clothes, jewel- ry and teddy bears, Kar- la Sanchez said. A lot of clothes, get my hair done, my nails or go on a shopping spree for Christmas gifts, Quiana Taylor said. Hugo Chacon Brandon Chavez Benjamin Chazen Molhe Chazen Ji Choe Teresa Chow Daniel Cipriotti Tabitha Coleman bull , Carla Conner Laurent Corson . David Cortez Eviana Colon Amy Crawford Frank Cremona Chadreama Dandridge Jasmine Davis Eric Delgado Michael Dennis David Devemark Danielle Dias Liz Diaz Shalini Dixit Shane Du Bois Galynne Duly David Dushane Daniel Echavarria Jarad Elderd Dominic Eredia Sascha Escandon Ivette Esparza Reymon Ethnasios Sixth grade Faces 149

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This is easy — Narman Murtaza watches T. V. and wails for one of his parents to come home as he babysits his little brother. All I have to do is make sure he doesn ' t get hurt, said Narman. Neal Karchem Rachel Katz Ryan Kellis James Kennedy Borzoy Khanverdi Steve Kim Sun Young Kim Sean Kohlmeier Ayelet Lahav Lusine Lalabekyan Trisha Langer Lars Larsen Brian Laskey Henry Lau Steve Lavi Sorin Lazar Sarah Le Roy Charles Lee Cindy Lee Sunny Lee Suzy Lee Virginia Levasseur Vanessa Linares Ben Lindsey r Sixth grade Faces 151