Junior (Over)Achiever

We don't like to pick on animals or children here at Austinist, because it just doesn't seem right. But...we saw a story today that kinda made us a little uncomfortable. The Statesman ran a story today about the Austin-area Girl Scout Cookie Queen, Round Rock's Shalee Hindes. The 12 year-old sold 4,500 boxes, shattering the previous record for cookie sales (3,658).
The overly-enthusiastic Hindes' secret to success is simple.
"You always have cookies with you no matter where you go," she said.
And you have to have determination and be relentless, apparently.
"I missed some birthday parties and skipped some of my gymnastic practices, but I had to meet my goal of 4,000 boxes."
Gymnastic practices? No. Way. And, naturally, where there's a fiery pre-teen, there's an ambitious parent or two. Hindes' stage mom has been working as her ad hoc accountant for awhile now - try seven years - keeping a running total of every box of cookies Shalee has sold since she was five years old.
"That's 14,584 boxes for a total of $43,752 in sales," the mother said.
Wow! And we thought Little League parents were frightening. Somewhere there's a future cheerleading squad/prom committee/student council/law school admissions counselor/PTA board shaking in its boots.
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