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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about
/ \: j* e6 S3 |4 Peleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school. * n. [$ X7 ~. x% y, F) b
He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings
7 b6 h ?2 i. G( c e! B( [created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and ( h2 |2 L+ m9 f: K7 @
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! 8 b9 r: g; r5 B# P$ U8 d6 s* |7 a" k
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. $ G% y, P) p+ P: h# W5 n( t, {$ H2 O }
The world will expect you to accomplish something + \& `8 k+ Z- `$ X
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.$ v3 v6 c/ z0 U' R! u5 H, x9 a
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
9 C {$ `5 U: |. k/ uYou won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
6 c# B; ~* S0 M8 s: NRule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss 7 m3 [1 [" ~) S: Y" k, t( \
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. * G4 m- j& M$ a% B% I+ e% C
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: ; G) C5 N5 \! k4 ^8 d0 L
They called it opportunity.( R( F7 }2 a1 L0 a
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
1 S7 s% \5 y) i8 B# Qso don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
; s6 }% H( @2 pRule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring " a# s8 W3 ?" F
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, & m2 e+ R& L& T: k8 Z$ ~, s
cleaning your clothes and listening to you 6 L' |0 J0 e9 x# V) d" J7 `" H I- d( [
talk about how cool you thought you were:
& F+ z1 s8 S. DSo before you save the rain forest
+ ?7 U$ \. ]4 H) q! ]% y1 [from the parasites of your parent's generation, # p) W5 W* G8 V
try delousing the closet in your own room..7 Y6 G* J; {; l
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, & L9 C* n* L; f+ \: k
but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades * M) `1 ?8 c x! y8 f5 V
and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
0 \' |8 A Z, [$ T*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.6 j4 A/ T8 Y6 O, e: U( h1 d
Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters.
' J4 [* i% i0 [* [9 N' {! lYou don't get summers off and very few employers
! L1 p- @. a& nare interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
/ u) H- |/ ]2 i" s9 S7 r*Do that on your own time.) ^/ g- Z/ w7 W. Q
Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life. : G% K( A& M/ [5 E3 |) R) V2 V
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. l) ~. |( Y1 t$ b& o6 r/ T9 z3 ]
Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds.
- R- R+ i( S0 P; T7 J* yChances are you'll end up working for one.. |
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