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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about
$ T2 m3 M& U7 m. M) Y( |* Z' {eleven (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
9 s: s8 y% l. v1 I1 r) ^how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

) [& H- E) P3 @. }3 xRule 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 $60,000 a year right out of high school.
You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
/ B5 u9 X- V8 t2 P4 }" `Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
7 _( O2 X! q9 Q# [' Y* R' eThey called it opportunity.
+ q, H2 Z$ z' K. C7 A# jRule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
4 {4 [( L  T6 N9 `8 s* ]so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring
+ e2 T  I0 m, N- |! n. qas 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
. @& J% v/ d! k: Y* N9 `: ?5 Rfrom the parasites of your parent's generation,
  t( }2 X9 {0 }3 b) _  rtry delousing the closet in your own room..
2 i0 }3 @! }: Z: K1 K9 i0 \Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
: Y% h4 p- Q5 ]* @/ nbut 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.
) X; f/ V- t3 E2 m. B% @6 X9 NRule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters.
You don't get summers off and very few employers
6 |+ t. o* @/ A# @are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
" g  G% @- k! K  R8 q0 M+ _5 l7 z*Do that on your own time.
" q3 S$ K$ x* K( X0 m+ a$ b: N; WRule 10 : Television is NOT real life.
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
% E$ U& K! v3 |# N2 u4 ?2 V5 ?$ eRule 11 : Be nice to nerds.
% g* n/ q( w( R! O2 OChances are you'll end up working for one..

Laoli

这个讲述太棒了！这也是大部分高中老师讲给学生的。但是大部分青少年都不能真正的领会。这也是可以理解的，青少年的成长是靠他们自己亲身体验和京历过才会理解的，很多时候说教不是很有效的。这就牵扯出一个家长教育方法的问题，许多家长 over protect , 害怕让孩子失败。让孩子早一点体会失败，不是一件坏事，让他学会自己对自己的行为负责，而不是家长给孩子准备好一切，而且邦孩子擦屁股，当他们犯错时。

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