My kind of 16-year-old

by philg

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.

7 thoughts on “My kind of 16-year-old”

  1. 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.

  2. 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…

  3. oh jesus…i just read the article…*wipes tears from eyes*

    the onion and nyTimes could start sydicating…

  4. Impresionante. Simplemente me ha dejado sin palabras. Que superficialidad.

  5. Impresionante. Simplemente me ha dejado sin palabras. Que superficialidad.

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