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>Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!
>To anyone with kids of any age, or anyone who has ever been
>a kid, here's some advice Bill Gates recently dished out at a high
>school speech about 11 things they did not learn in school.
>
>He talks about how feel-good politically correct teachings created
>a full 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 40 thousand dollars 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.
>He doesn't have tenure.
>
>Rule 5: Flipping burgers are 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 are. So before you save the rain
>forest from the parasites of your parents' 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.
>To anyone with kids of any age, or anyone who has ever been
>a kid, here's some advice Bill Gates recently dished out at a high
>school speech about 11 things they did not learn in school.
>
>He talks about how feel-good politically correct teachings created
>a full 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 40 thousand dollars 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.
>He doesn't have tenure.
>
>Rule 5: Flipping burgers are 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 are. So before you save the rain
>forest from the parasites of your parents' 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.
