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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 5 G6 A3 `$ L. t
eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school. 8 L$ D* B/ x- C2 v
He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings
+ T. d3 Y9 F: \2 jcreated a generation of kids with no concept of reality and / `! i8 w3 t, j
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! # I- w; A$ t: H0 M! `6 ~5 x
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem.
; T* f( J6 `* u0 @% KThe world will expect you to accomplish something ) G! {; A: r6 A! g, W
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
8 D% y' {8 Q* R( [Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
8 e6 Y; t( ?1 ^+ gYou won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.) u0 z1 g- S! y/ N
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss % L8 d. I. w# P
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. ; |& z) O2 O2 [5 g: P2 l4 g0 ~$ i5 x
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: : C, T I) L1 h7 g" w. I
They called it opportunity.' w* Z# Z' [) R, O& e7 x: X, L
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, & n- d2 C0 X- P# z# q+ x0 R- y
so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
5 K) [# [4 E! k; K3 H* ?Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring $ w2 {7 T" |" X
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills,
: Q3 j3 O+ |/ ?6 ~& a, W3 L" Xcleaning your clothes and listening to you 8 b2 t# I9 @" w6 A& y
talk about how cool you thought you were: % l6 W& P9 ^" x& \
So before you save the rain forest
# R& I+ T: ~) S9 dfrom the parasites of your parent's generation,
* B% X1 ?8 y) m8 x4 t( ?! ftry delousing the closet in your own room..
+ X' l- y4 ]# C, d+ h' TRule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
% a& z# ~9 Z$ F. Xbut life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades ! L: y+ o, T8 C1 x
and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
" K2 [/ ~0 f# G- n*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.. E% O T* I& D3 g) r
Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters.
! I" b" x* P& X0 Y& g2 @$ sYou don't get summers off and very few employers 2 S0 U0 ]3 {0 N. p6 ~- g3 p
are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
2 B6 ^" x7 M4 d! \. ]7 |*Do that on your own time.& X2 P% c8 h) U6 d
Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. ' d, r& y* N/ U
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs., Z# H O, k3 }2 f. E7 g
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds.
5 x9 I7 O/ r2 a- F7 OChances are you'll end up working for one.. |
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