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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about ]' w) P; q4 P5 M" S5 n; i; n4 P
eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school. / ~& v# G2 i" Q& K3 k& |" O
He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings
( i. R7 n( u, `created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and
" l! }1 Q! F- K6 a1 r4 N; m" @" Zhow this concept set them up for failure in the real world. 8 q8 V9 g* T" o- N
& S! U5 \4 f2 W# L/ n# sRule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it! - T# t' S# _' M3 P. Q Z: Q1 C
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. ' {+ g3 V1 z& ]$ b& J9 L
The world will expect you to accomplish something 5 I/ W/ I" f% b) P' i
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
& X8 ~6 s3 d/ O! \' C( I0 ]9 YRule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
1 M% u) W Z, J0 c& }- v3 r* gYou won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
0 v6 r, `7 z' i1 g7 K3 o* m* A) SRule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss ; Q7 @3 J) J6 I8 T4 _* |: j, G4 L
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. # w7 M# `6 Y6 Y6 A1 j' {
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: ) ?) f& v7 u4 \0 S9 W1 D+ x
They called it opportunity.
& T* n# _+ j- X# Q7 Q" eRule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
, B; M5 X8 S. P+ I% oso don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.9 x1 P' B$ Q0 V$ K# Y1 L' n
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring & M6 V ]4 H: F6 B8 j* O
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, / b1 S; z- w1 l. _! {/ j% o% u# Y
cleaning your clothes and listening to you
1 j' C. e$ M c7 {4 @3 C+ ntalk about how cool you thought you were:
- W" }8 Z8 K) ]5 k/ \& M4 mSo before you save the rain forest
& N" N' z6 A! Z4 a1 |6 Q) Vfrom the parasites of your parent's generation, ( U$ [' Q) [7 ?$ }. [! E: z9 |
try delousing the closet in your own room..: _. p5 }6 ?6 @5 J# I# [% Q
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, , O6 l8 X) F3 h0 K* C: i
but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades
& \4 |- m: T. z" ^- land they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. - ]9 _. R, `0 O8 v& m
*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
5 Z: U" T0 |1 tRule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters.
" D- b( ~- m& ^You don't get summers off and very few employers 7 X$ I5 i( T- u. [. E7 P& j
are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. " j1 x0 c0 b2 c. O
*Do that on your own time.
( D8 t7 f4 [7 N) g9 PRule 10 : Television is NOT real life. 3 ]+ ?, n/ @( v" M- r2 \# c- _1 @, m
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.& M& m( H2 e7 o* y# P
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. / b2 r* t/ `- G, h4 C: F8 ]
Chances are you'll end up working for one.. |
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