Topic：Why was Andrew Carnegie so proud of the one dollar and twenty cents —the first pay he brought home?
Carnegie was very proud of the one dollar and twenty cents he earned for the first time in his life when he was only twelve. The money, though small in amount, meant a great deal.
First, when he got his first pay he felt that he had grown up. He was no longer a boy who had to depend on his parents； he had become a man who was able to help support the family, a contributing member. This was important because at that time life was hard for the family and it was difficult for his parents to manage alone.
Also he thought the money wad the direct reward of honest manual labor. It represented a week of very hard work. This money gave him the greatest satisfaction of being rewarded for what he had done.
