My kind of 16-year-old
According to this New York Times story, a B average in high school is very rewarding…
“Finally, my parents told me if I got a 3.0 G.P.A. or higher on my report card, they’d buy me any car I wanted, within reason.”
Daddy’s Little Girl is now driving the 2004 Cadillac Escalade EXT (5700 lbs.; 12 mpg; $53,000) that she got for her 16th birthday.
Pedro Vera
March 5, 2004 @ 6:36 am
If I had ever walked into my home with a 3.0 GPA I would have gotten the beating of a lifetime. Hell, I still remember all the grief I took from my mom for getting a “B” in one semester of 8th grade English.
Of course, those were my parents. If my child has trouble in school, say getting Ds, and he manages to push up to B then that is a monumental jump and he deserves some kind of reward for the effort. But a car? No way.
c8to
March 7, 2004 @ 4:22 am
heh…i got a final mark (actually some type of rank) of 98.2 out of 100 at school…
my mother promptly asked “what happened to the other 1.8?” but i think she was joking…
c8to
March 7, 2004 @ 4:28 am
oh jesus…i just read the article…*wipes tears from eyes*
the onion and nyTimes could start sydicating…
diego sanchez
March 9, 2004 @ 6:55 pm
Impresionante. Simplemente me ha dejado sin palabras. Que superficialidad.
diego sanchez
March 9, 2004 @ 6:55 pm
Impresionante. Simplemente me ha dejado sin palabras. Que superficialidad.
loran
April 15, 2004 @ 1:29 pm
no where is it?
geraldine
April 25, 2004 @ 5:34 pm
realy great thaks for your articles!