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REAL LIFE
To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice. Bill Gates recently
gave a speech at a High School about 11
things they did not & will not learn in school. He talks about how
feel-good, politically correct teachings created
a generation of kids with no concept of reality & how this concept set them
up for failure in the real world. Love
him or hate him, he sure hit the nail on the head with this!
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world won't care about your self esteem. The world will expect
you to accomplish something
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You
won't be a vice president with a car
phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had
a different word for burger
flipping - they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about
your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are
now. They got that way from paying
your bills, cleaning your clothes & listening to you talk about how cool you
thought you were. So before you
save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try
delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners & losers, but life HAS
NOT. In some schools they have
abolished failing grades & they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get
the right answer. This doesn't
bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off & very
few employers are interested in
helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to
leave the coffee shop & go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice. Bill Gates recently
gave a speech at a High School about 11
things they did not & will not learn in school. He talks about how
feel-good, politically correct teachings created
a generation of kids with no concept of reality & how this concept set them
up for failure in the real world. Love
him or hate him, he sure hit the nail on the head with this!
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world won't care about your self esteem. The world will expect
you to accomplish something
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You
won't be a vice president with a car
phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had
a different word for burger
flipping - they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about
your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are
now. They got that way from paying
your bills, cleaning your clothes & listening to you talk about how cool you
thought you were. So before you
save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try
delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners & losers, but life HAS
NOT. In some schools they have
abolished failing grades & they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get
the right answer. This doesn't
bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off & very
few employers are interested in
helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to
leave the coffee shop & go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
