1st Impression - GTO

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Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Ditto!

Here's what I've learned about 16 year olds today and their parents.

1. Kids are smart these days. Far smarter than my generation at that age. Just my opinion, but I think others would agree.

2. Kids are far more saavy to the ways of the world today than when I was growing up. In other words, a straight A student can also be selling bootleg speed pills over the internet, and he's smart enough to keep his mouth shut — and no one, not even his best friend knows he's doing it. He's squirreled the money away and is scheming to buy a Porsche the day he goes off to college, which his parents are paying for because they don't know he's got $40k growing in his Fidelity brokerage account.

3. My friends with teenaged kids actually think they know what their kids are doing or not doing most of the time. What a load of crap. Their kids are all smiles and straight A's around them and act like gangsters when the parents are out of sight. Many teenage kids today have a strong dual persona.

Geez. I re-read this before I posted it and I am officially an old geezer at 45! One would expect me to come out with "cut your hair and get a job and start paying taxes like the rest of us, you snot-nosed little brat!"

Sooo true. I once had my car stolen. Made a few phone calls (I was working in law enforcement at the time) and got the car back. Later found out the guy pivotal in all of this was a guy who used to be in my AP Physics class! He was going to Med School and funding it all with all sorts of illegal activities.
This line between what is just and what's a way to quick cash has completely been lost on young people. Same goes for young women and sex, having a sex tape and being a nice A student doesn't clash with these kids today.

anyhooters.... back to young people and fast cars. I used to drive very very fast on public roads. When I had an unmarked police car at my disposal it was like the worst thing that could have happened. People would just get out of your way. But once I started receiving professional high peformance driving instruction everything changed. I realized how little I knew and how clueless others on the road were. The result was I drove slower on streets and avoided highways whenver possible, particularly at night when the drunks are out.