Tuesday, September 25, 2007

It pays to go to School


I know it’s hard to go to school. Back when I was still studying, my mom has to constantly bang on my door to wake me up. Hey, it’s not always easy to wake up early. One has to do tons of homework, study for exams and damn quizzes, projects to be finished or researches to be done. It is simply simply hard to wake up early after nights and nights of staying up until midnight or even past it. This is why I was amazed to have read an article about a kid who never skipped class.

I myself always give in to the temptation to take a leave from the four walls of the classroom. Yeah, I know. I was not a very good student. Not really punctual at that but this kid named Gabby is. Gabby attended all her classes from kindergarten through her 12th grade. Amazing! And of course, I don’t doubt that there were days when she was not feeling all that good but maybe she still went to school on those days anyway. This girl is really something. This is why it doesn’t surprise me that the President of Fontana Auto Depot Dora Houck thought of giving her a reward for the young girls her perfect school attendance.

With the cooperation of Gabby’s mom, the Auto Depot customized Gabby’s old Toyota Corolla. The car had a new paint job, stereo system, CD player, television topped with fancy wheels and rims. On top of it all, there is an inscription at its hood that reads “K-12 Perfect Attendance.”