Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!
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! If you can read this
in English thank a soldier!!!
David in Ballarat
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