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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about
. ?3 U( c3 H) Keleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school.
- F# Z& W' U, l" l# ~! fHe talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings ; h8 O" B+ R5 [+ q' v
created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and $ o* j0 o$ Q9 v
how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
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9 L, K5 K7 C* F, m4 xRule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it! , p$ I5 O% F1 |: ?. z, J L7 W
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. & q. [$ P5 H' H
The world will expect you to accomplish something " v9 ~. O& _; Y# z; O7 C- D
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
$ g9 L$ C U9 @) MRule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
5 ?+ X4 H G/ T ~$ H# z5 i9 HYou won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.3 b. x! Q' I1 Z* B0 v& S
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss ' j G, N% ]# |
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
& }* x& _* R2 @" `; v3 XYour Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
2 D8 f9 q# X' T/ D9 i( pThey called it opportunity.' g( O9 L% F" J; K0 p7 _
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
) R# T0 c5 r4 k ?7 {so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
, A0 [8 _# S3 p. CRule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring $ D' ^3 t( `9 Y6 R7 S6 K B
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, . N& a: h. A( U# F# n% B
cleaning your clothes and listening to you
9 ] Q3 l# j; s" N! Utalk about how cool you thought you were:
+ v# }. Q" i- Z% [. Q9 \$ {So before you save the rain forest 2 @3 j, @$ N! x! Y) `2 _
from the parasites of your parent's generation, ( i% y% j0 E) m) z, F$ }
try delousing the closet in your own room..
/ o" g, w9 \6 b4 r# ORule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
# }) K: a! W9 r; Ybut life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades 6 l7 P/ h( [0 e) b2 I$ c; Q
and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. $ b' k; \" h, i( a
*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
* I7 D' L8 e' k/ R/ n5 f2 X7 _Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters.
4 W) v0 W+ v7 XYou don't get summers off and very few employers
1 J: {+ L& f0 z( ^3 }! b( v$ ]are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
3 |4 d5 c* c1 Y* c*Do that on your own time.$ \" d# [, C6 ~: }/ t7 R
Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. ! r' a) y4 S2 K b% Y
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
. |" k4 u! @( H$ P% DRule 11 : Be nice to nerds.
& L* f& z4 A4 cChances are you'll end up working for one.. |
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