For my sixteenth birthday all I ever wanted was my very own car. A car I could take to school, Pick my friends up in, and have the freedom that I have always wanted. For me to do this would mean I have to convince my parents to purchase one for me. Convincing my parents, means I would have to clean, get good grades, and give them plenty of reasons of why I deserved my own vehicle. I knew it was going to be difficult. Before I ever mentioned anything to my parents, I cleaned my butt off. I dusted, vacuumed, swept, bleached, and scrubbed every inch of my house. Everything and anything I had to do, I would do it. My mom has always been a freak about doors and baseboards; so what do I do? I found white paint and painted every single baseboard in my house. I scrubbed the doors clean and painted those ghost white. That was just the first step though. The second thing I knew I had to do was get perfect grades. I made sure to do all of my homework every night, and study for every test. I was not willing to get a bad grade on that report card. My parents have always known me to be a C average student, so I made sure to get an A average on this next …show more content…
My parents think they can see through my lies and bull crap excuses so I had to make it believable. The easiest thing about all of this was that I have a daughter, which means that she has daycare and doctor’s appointments to be at. I also have a job that I have to be on time for, and depending on my parents to get me to work is not always the fun option for them. I had to consider my advantages and disadvantages of the situation. The hard part about the whole discussion with my mom and dad was that I had to avoid the disadvantages of me getting a car. Like gas, insurance, and the maintenance cost of owning a vehicle. So I had to arrange my argument to where they wouldn’t ask me questions about any of