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175, 000 dollars isn't a lot of money.

posted 16 years ago by nyxxie
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So Nancy's step father dies and they get 175,000 dollars and they buy an pretty large apartment on a high floor with a pretty amazing view of the city. Along with that Nancy buys a red convertible.

Even in 1996 their money would be totally gone after that. Very stupid investment.

What should have happened is they find a pretty reasonable priced house and a inexpensive car.

This part of the movie bugs the hell out of me. But I guess it makes sense since Nancy is completely insane.

[–] mandycw 10 years ago

They were, somehow, able to afford to send her to a freaking private school!

they had money hidden somewhere!

[–] ricky_says_hi 10 years ago

It's not a private school. It's a Catholic school. Presumably they'd have to pay for Nancy's books and uniform but that's about it

And yes, it would be entirely in-character for Nancy and her mother to blow a lot of money on their apartment and a few nice things. Hell Nancy probably thought that if the money ran out, she could use magic to get some more

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[–] NeedysBoy 10 years ago

I think tuition at private Catholic schools is very expensive. Catholic schools are not public schools -- they are private institutions.

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[–] Technomage001 10 years ago

Anything over that amount would have been a problem also. I don't know what he did for a living but they were lucky to get that much.

Perhaps the school had a program to admit a certain number of low income students?

[–] NeedysBoy 10 years ago

Technomage001 writes: "Perhaps the school had a program to admit a certain number of low income students?"

I guess so.

Or Nancy was really smart and had a scholarship.

"Maybe it's another dimension. Or, you know, just really deep." --Needy

[–] SenoritaTorres 10 years ago

Not a lot of money?

If I got a cheque for 175,000 I would s**t!!

[–] RCeditor 10 years ago

Or Nancy was really smart and had a scholarship.

If so, AND they were Catholic (and in need), then she would get a scholarship.

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[–] mmayhem 9 years ago

My Catholic high school in Washington DC had a program just like this when I went there in the 90's. As long as your grades were good enough to get accepted, it didn't matter if your parents could afford it or not. Those kids then had to do this thing called 'Working Aid' where they had to clean the chalkboards after school in the classrooms.

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