Not trying to be patronizing here Alec, but how old are you? I remember one day I cut school and just stayed at home that morning. Sugar was doing a record signing and I wanted to meet Bob Mould. My mom asked me why I wasn't going to school and I simply replied "I'm a good kid, I never ask you for shit, I get good grades and this is my get-out-of-jail-free card. I'm not going in, this is something I want to do, and that's that." She was so floored she just simply muttered "just as long as this doesn't become a habit". My point is that sometimes (if you're a responsible kid) you CAN put your foot down. Ask to be treated like an adult and sometimes you'll get it. Not all parents are as cool as my mom (this of course is the woman who got me PJ Harvey's autograph), but then again I used to NEVER think my mom was cool. And I was wrong.
