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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 7 ?$ | @* ^0 r- ~* W9 t8 P
eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school. 8 m, t, q) O0 A5 r, f
He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings 2 ? v7 g+ L9 f5 @8 p
created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and
7 A. |: e0 v1 q. uhow this concept set them up for failure in the real world. + K* R( A7 w* E; Z
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Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it! - ^. }- E1 Y- v- v) J y
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. ! @7 ?, B- Y' j) K. S$ o
The world will expect you to accomplish something 2 \! t$ C0 R* t7 H& O9 F
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.) ~6 E5 g0 k! B! R: g2 X& s) e8 I
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
8 c2 [7 d o7 F: G0 _/ d% IYou won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.3 i+ z- i9 u+ U) `1 Z& X. B1 D
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss # h }* B% E; M( Z, o. s- t
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
! x: l4 z! ?1 u# a+ O, B* O# \Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
+ ]0 d# m+ ^2 v% {& S" BThey called it opportunity.
9 L( h! P$ e( Y% c3 ?; x; jRule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
) T8 o5 K. s% ?* Z. Tso don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.# s- T0 W% Q) B6 _/ y6 c
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring 5 |" T4 G, j4 p( u# i
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, + I- [/ {9 O+ o( g1 I
cleaning your clothes and listening to you . C" K$ B; c- x8 J Z R5 ?
talk about how cool you thought you were:
, c7 M6 t* J( C( V, Y USo before you save the rain forest
( b( W# J/ a. pfrom the parasites of your parent's generation, . L. U" x# _/ s+ h8 g& F
try delousing the closet in your own room..3 U2 m$ ?8 N0 y, f1 L
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
1 `7 b9 O7 V7 @, n& h# Jbut life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades
% m2 C) B- x# I: Aand they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
6 U( E; a) F% q! _3 G, S" A, K*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
5 w- n% h- y$ BRule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters. / D8 v5 C# {6 g/ g; E+ V" c) \
You don't get summers off and very few employers
5 H/ U1 T9 `" Hare interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. $ u# |! _! X9 I5 B
*Do that on your own time.8 T* {) ?' e2 x8 K% }
Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. ; C0 o: I. p% w# ?. h
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.0 p; r, F* n* `" r' @1 P3 O9 V# N
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. + v4 M2 b7 y) f2 x, G
Chances are you'll end up working for one.. |
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