Shut Up and Drive
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Nothing could match the exhilaration of roaring away from school with a girl riding shotgun. So why don’t today’s teens want to drive?
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When I was in high school in 2006, I had a group of six guy friends. All of us grew up poor, and none of us had much interest in college. Yet every single one of us cared deeply about one thing: getting a car as soon as possible.
We all managed to secure part-time jobs after class to pay for driver’s ed and buy our own wheels. When I was 16, I made $6.75…
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