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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about
7 z% e1 X: x( [, u' k- Peleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school.
3 @* U6 E5 F6 H2 @ IHe talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings
3 d2 J2 ^: J: G1 C' Y& mcreated a generation of kids with no concept of reality and # X5 k0 `; r/ V, n, I/ L
how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
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: E* }8 M0 P Q" k4 L& ^5 ORule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it! ; C; P- y6 J) F" A! A
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem.
2 b; m* C% _. ]. T$ VThe world will expect you to accomplish something , H3 N: q+ z( j5 ^$ h; p, v
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.! M& }: T5 }# u f3 x
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
' @: {' H: b3 k% d* K) ]6 k7 DYou won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.3 v% U5 \/ l2 ~
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss
% o( k# b! j( |* jRule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. 0 ^) O# \7 w* \) J
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
/ Q$ V; n' }4 ?8 n" gThey called it opportunity.0 j/ n8 d" {7 }1 F% S
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, & {4 Y9 m; P* ^ X
so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.6 }0 K" t6 s2 c/ v
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring & V: V0 p, s7 Z) ?* c$ F
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, 4 M$ g W( M E4 I6 N
cleaning your clothes and listening to you
% v. w; E; N; ?& \6 e2 atalk about how cool you thought you were:
7 e! f1 o& n/ }1 v+ I+ ESo before you save the rain forest
( J8 g% A: h, n, O+ \ \from the parasites of your parent's generation,
1 j9 n% z- K5 h" b6 p ztry delousing the closet in your own room..$ V( F% ~7 K, K0 v3 [6 `8 @; N
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, $ t, \* C, s0 O. E
but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades
% ^% R# L4 I2 d( R( Tand they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. ( I1 R- t% H0 K8 f4 R3 g$ f% J
*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
2 H, M# @$ d* T5 f( ERule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. & |& \1 t, R+ {7 g7 a
You don't get summers off and very few employers 1 Q4 M2 }- g/ C6 \2 f9 y" u. x
are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
: k" k: K: E$ Q4 M/ p8 F*Do that on your own time.
' r. V2 v4 x2 W4 K! ^7 H9 H: ~Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. / _/ Y0 D' r/ A0 w# {( U. r) T. M
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
, y% e. E6 d/ d" t8 e' }Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. 5 ~5 S, f# c" z+ [' |9 t6 h Y0 m
Chances are you'll end up working for one.. |
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