140 here as well; but that's beside the point. I'm not impressed by someone who has no responsibilities other than school and can spend every waking moment studying or in class; that would have been a dream come true. Try working full time to pay for your mortgage/car/insurance/food/electricity/water/wife 's expensive stuff/etc. and graduating in FOUR years with two technical degrees; then I'll be impressed.
It's not about freedom; it's about the inability of the teenage mind to really comprehend risks http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A526 87-2005Jan31.html. You may have a very mature 16 year old but he will never be able to process the danger like someone with a developed brain. A teenage kid may not understand that driving like a maniac is dangerous, but he will understand that he's gonna be in some serious trouble when his folks find out.
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'command'? I thought it was 'splat'.
and 82.4% of people believe them whether they're accurate statistics or not
Come, comrade; let us toast mother Russia and sing songs of the glory days! [/thick_russian_accent]
In Soviet Russia, NASDAQ lists you. Oh, wait...
140 here as well; but that's beside the point. I'm not impressed by someone who has no responsibilities other than school and can spend every waking moment studying or in class; that would have been a dream come true. Try working full time to pay for your mortgage/car/insurance/food/electricity/water/wife 's expensive stuff/etc. and graduating in FOUR years with two technical degrees; then I'll be impressed.
It's not about freedom; it's about the inability of the teenage mind to really comprehend risks http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A526 87-2005Jan31.html. You may have a very mature 16 year old but he will never be able to process the danger like someone with a developed brain. A teenage kid may not understand that driving like a maniac is dangerous, but he will understand that he's gonna be in some serious trouble when his folks find out.