Reality set in for some eighth graders in Nashville yesterday as they got a job and then paid the bills.  It was Reality Day, sponsored by the Nashville Chamber of Commerce in connection with Nashville Middle School, Saint Ann’s and Trinity – Saint John’s.  Students picked a job, if they were married, how many kids, what type of residence, vehicle and so forth.  They were given a checkbook and then went to pay the IRS, mortgage or rent and insurance, vehicle payments and insurance, groceries, utilities, day care, clothing, life insurance and entertainment.  Chamber Executive Director Davanna Behr talked about the final thing, the wheel of fortune, which had something good or something bad happen. And then the student had to deal with it.  Some students didn’t make it through everything before running out of money.  Carl Eubanks with Farmers and Merchants Bank, who was in charge of the bank, says some did have to come back and withdraw their savings.  He says one girl wanted to sell her kids back, but keep the nice car.  Several students had many statements on kids, summing it up saying it was better not have them, as they are expensive, as well as having a better job.  Behr says some got the idea, saying they felt sorry for their parents.  Only time will tell if they took this lesson seriously though and how the best laid plans can always change.