Bill Gates - 11 rules...

[skylady]

Bill Gates recently gave a

speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not

learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct

teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and

how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1 :

Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 :

The world doesn't care about your

Self-esteem. The world will

expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about

yourself.

Rule 3 :

You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't

be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4 :

If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5 :

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a

different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

Rule 6 :

If you mess up, it's not your

parents' fault , so don't whine about your mistakes,

learn from them.

Rule 7 :

Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now..

They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and

listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before

you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's

generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8 :

Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT.

In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as

MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the

slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9 :

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very

few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on

your own time.

Rule 10 :

Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to

leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11 :

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

If you agree, pass it on..

If you don't agree stick your

head in the sand and take a deep breath!

If you can read this -Thank a teacher!

{ Thanks Lee for sending this to me... We're sharing...}