One of my wife's nephew's kids is a 16 year old boy that gives me hope for the future of the country. He had a used pickup picked out and paid for before he turned 16. He has a real drive to make money and understands study and college is the path to a real professional career.
He was just accepted into an advanced high school of math and science.
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I would not mind being 17 physically again but no way do I want to go back to the ignorant greenhorn I back then.