A Car for Mom

 

William Rabillo didn’t wait for Mother’s Day this year to give his mom a gift.  The 13-year-old knew his mom had been struggling financially, as well as having trouble getting to work and getting him and his two siblings to school and appointments.  Their small Nevada town doesn’t have much public transport – a car is a real necessity.

As William was scrolling through Facebook one day, he saw that someone was selling their car, and contacted the owner about buying it. Well, not exactly buying it.  Like most teens, William isn’t rich. But he did have two things that gave him the means to get that car: determination, and an Xbox. He offered to sell the Xbox to the owner, and to do yard work to make up the rest of the money.  At first, the car’s owner didn’t think it was a good idea, but eventually changed her mind

William’s mother, Krystal Preston, said that her son is a “money making machine” and frequently does yard and housework for neighbors for extra money, so she wasn’t surprised when he went out to do another job.  But this job was a little different. When he came home and told her he’d gotten her a car, she didn’t believe it at first, and who could blame her? It seems like something out of a movie. When she realized that he was serious, she was in complete shock.  “What thirteen year old do you know that buys their mom a car? I don’t know any.”

The car, a white 1999 Chevrolet Metro, is already making a big difference in their lives. William Rabillo is a great example of what you can do at any age.

 

 

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Junior Cycle Business Studies Specifications

  • Strand one:  Personal Finance
    • Element:  Managing my resources
      • 1.1 Review the personal resources available to them to realise their needs and wants and analyse the extent to which realising their needs and wants may impact on individuals and society
      • 1.5 Identify reasons for saving and borrowing money, relate the reasons to determining appropriate sources of finance with respect to their purpose, costs and risks
  • Strand two:  Enterprise
    • Element:  Managing my resources
      • 2.1 Identify different types of financial, cultural and social enterprise and appreciate the role each plays in society
      • 2.2 Describe the skills and characteristics of being enterprising and appreciate the role of an entrepreneur in an organisation, in society and to the economy
  • Strand Three:  Our Economy
    • Element:  Managing my resources
      • 3.1 Explain how scarcity of economic resources results in individuals having to make choices; predict possible consequences of these choices

Curriculum Elements of the 8 Key Skills of the Junior Cycle

  • MANAGING MYSELF
    • Knowing myself
    • Making considered decisions
    • Setting and achieving personal goals
  • MANAGING INFORMATION & THINKING
    • Gathering, recording, organising and evaluating information and data
    • Thinking creatively and critically
    • Reflecting on and evaluating my learning
    • Using digital technology to access, manage and share content
  • BEING NUMERATE
    • Estimating, predicting and calculating
    • Developing a positive disposition towards investigating, reasoning and problem-solving
    • Seeing patterns, trends and relationships
  • BEING CREATIVE
    • Imagining
    • Exploring options and alternatives
    • Implementing ideas and taking action
    • Learning creatively
    • Stimulating creativity using digital technology