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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about
2 i. N' p" x/ r5 Ieleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school. 5 V1 O. E8 s/ `
He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings
( y0 l' `! W* G+ tcreated a generation of kids with no concept of reality and
) s' A4 _" w) O# l0 `how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
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Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!
4 P% M' ]7 ?( _# o* TRule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. . H0 T/ @8 ~2 n3 _1 i6 }) N
The world will expect you to accomplish something 8 Z$ J" J* \3 |" r& V3 }( i
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
6 A0 @ p3 l; c; i" P- MRule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. + O( F$ E2 o0 }2 U
You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
, G: y8 }( A+ A* {4 IRule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss
6 b+ s. T8 D* W9 S" ~! `Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
: A8 F* Q0 E5 E) J! I+ F8 D( C# _Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
9 l. E# b4 c$ Z$ E1 ^They called it opportunity.
" R; a4 y1 M+ o2 g& e WRule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
3 M+ A/ V$ K. U5 K% |& [3 lso don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.' _3 }* R, I" Q, _8 S0 s$ P2 f
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring 0 _* e* ~ i/ a
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills,
% J& l- d; o, E, ]cleaning your clothes and listening to you
" c9 j- g) W% a, ?; `& q3 E1 a* {talk about how cool you thought you were:
: f5 D1 k/ h3 s3 R+ ~So before you save the rain forest * _- X' B) s" w; N- N/ c- \
from the parasites of your parent's generation, ) [/ { _+ I0 C. d) @6 T
try delousing the closet in your own room..% S# l! k& q. X
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, ) Z7 s: V) Q; c9 j$ ^" g* x
but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades ! x1 y" z' g& I9 S7 i0 k* h
and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. 0 i3 M# R9 k" C6 [+ z
*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
: H1 k! O* S# N" q7 nRule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters.
9 \ H6 g. e: q$ @: ?. @) PYou don't get summers off and very few employers , n }- T$ y. H4 A7 ^& B% x: X% s+ m
are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. 1 D# R+ F7 t$ A
*Do that on your own time.
9 o- c( l) p3 j; E1 y& @5 XRule 10 : Television is NOT real life.
g+ u, ^, V+ i) o5 H! @In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
$ i8 |# c* R+ a M" c* t; MRule 11 : Be nice to nerds.
. C* `$ c5 [8 z8 P- o( |7 DChances are you'll end up working for one.. |
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