Mother Makes Daughter Work Street
Corner for Getting Bad Grades

By Wade Nelson
Edmund, OK -- LaTeesha Hindersome was "Absolutely sick to death" about her 14 year old daughter's bad grades, tardiness, and constantly talking back to teachers. So she showed her what her future would be like without a high school diploma: She made Caretta stand on a street corner in a mini-skirt, fishnets, a tube top, wearing ruby-red lipstick, excessive mascara, and a pair of CFM's with 4" spike heels.

When male drivers would honk or proposition Caretta, she first had to play a cassette recording from her mother which said "My daughter doesn't do her home work or clean her room so we're preparing her for the only possible way she'll be able to get an education, which is in the school of hard knocks. Tutoring is quite expensive. Regular is $200, French is $100, and Greek is $500. What language do you wish to converse with my daughter in?"

"This may not work" said Hindersome, a mother of six delinquents fathered by four different men of three unique races, three of whom are currently incarcerated. "She made over $1200 the first day, and has sworn she's never going back to the classroom. I tried talking to her about STD's, AIDS, the risks she's taking, but you know, when you're 14 you think your bulletproof.

The punishment / career change prompted letters and calls to talk radio from all sorts of kooks and advice givers, including a guidance counselor who said "There are some kids who just aren't cut out for higher education. Caretta may be one of them. Caretta's mom, whose "take" of the $1200 was $1000, said she agreed and has since quit her day job at Mal-Wart.

Mervin Laider, another caller, said "I don't see anything wrong with it. It's a victimless crime. And at her age she can bank some good money and retire before she loses her looks, provided she hires a good pimp, err, financial advisor.

Caretta had been getting C's and D's at Edmund Memorial High in this well-to-do Oklahoma City suburb, smoking pot in the car before class, and teasing the boys who referred to her "Capital One" - since she almost NEVER said "NO!"

While Henderson stood next to her daughter at the intersection, motorists pretty much ignored LaTeesha except for a driver who asked them "How much for both?" A passing Baptist called police and an Oklahoma City police officer took one look at her and offered not to arrest her in return for going for a ride in his "Hummer." But the report was reportedly "misfiled" according to the police department spokesperson.

"We didn't personally see her engaging in any criminal activity, and standing on a street corner dressed like a working girl, well, in and of itself that's not a crime said Master Btr. Charley Philherup. but. "But Children's Services is looking into it. Since they have no real way to rehabilitate all the delinquents they have to deal with they might as well put them to work tool. It gives us somebody to arrest and judges someone to get fines out of. It's really a win:win."

Latesha Henderson said her daughter's erarnings were far greater than she expected, and that like Paul Simon said, "Maybe the crap they teach you in high school is worthless after all."

Caretta, an obnoxious, loud-mouthed, self-centered brat, acknowledged the flat-back work was demeaning but said "It sure beats being broke, or Mr. Robert's history class. I've got my own car now, my own apartment, I can buy designer clothes,and I don't have to listen to my mother whine anymore. So what if I get beat up now and then, or have clients who are scuzballs. In seven minutes, they've come and gone."

"The trick is to catch your daughter being good," a psychiatrist said, "Not catching her turning tricks. But hey, the '90's are over, and if it's legal in Las Vegas, why not here?"

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