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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about
4 O4 U/ L0 G% V. {/ P ueleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school. S0 ~3 H4 Y' Q: S4 p/ Q
He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings # t$ z6 V% m0 V, }+ ?9 z
created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and
/ n! }& A4 `6 x$ \how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
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6 }" C' [+ r6 N; \Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!
$ h# `% J) t; g+ b( @Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem.
- W* z% k# d$ BThe world will expect you to accomplish something
$ Z: p0 @0 V! h! E" i- ]( T) SBEFORE you feel good about yourself.
% l0 X8 [6 J) @6 L' q* O/ iRule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
" d$ M/ g) w; P' J2 m, `, S$ JYou won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.$ M" o' y1 ~4 e2 A" n
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss 1 H+ a( |8 e7 r! ~3 o2 V: }
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. ! @# ^' W. [% `5 ~/ \
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
1 J1 b( |/ x& Q) E" WThey called it opportunity.; K- K/ `3 b& G" F
Rule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
3 G- k( D$ O$ P! Bso don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.& P, w9 E2 Y z9 D; |5 Y
Rule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring 8 q" b$ z: v S ?
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, $ ]% O! c. _- W+ g" L3 \* C2 S- P+ E7 V
cleaning your clothes and listening to you 6 k5 [0 M& W* V0 F- G4 c0 ^- e& J
talk about how cool you thought you were:
, O7 R8 U; ~- U9 c/ LSo before you save the rain forest
( q; W( ?7 d) o: |3 E4 D: [& Wfrom the parasites of your parent's generation, ' |% ?( x2 A+ P4 z+ Q
try delousing the closet in your own room..8 F' G# r$ v, ^. ?- p- {
Rule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers, / G1 j# s6 l# g3 u* s3 ^/ f
but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades # p% E1 Q6 d0 I+ A4 I- J
and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. 0 z9 Z. g) R# }
*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.$ d2 X, t+ S2 f0 y
Rule 9 : Life is not divided into semesters.
( m, F- j7 \3 F& O- Y- i5 AYou don't get summers off and very few employers
7 U3 g3 D( G' s+ }are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
4 v3 ~8 m |1 [9 @( C+ O*Do that on your own time.
4 E' v# Q, J8 l T- r: }8 `Rule 10 : Television is NOT real life.
8 [5 U( h- a9 V/ x3 U3 [1 \In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
/ t. e9 b1 D# x, [& s7 i7 ORule 11 : Be nice to nerds.
. g% w; |# P3 Q: i, L8 E0 U2 TChances are you'll end up working for one.. |
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