Subject: Bill Gates (Good reading - Great advice)
>
>
>Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To
>anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice.
>
>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 won'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 can read this - Thank a teacher!
>If you are reading it in English - Thank a soldier!
