joeybear 0 Posted April 29, 2005 Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a high-school about 11 things that students did not and will not learn in school. He talked about how feel-good, politically correct teachings have created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how these teachings have set the kids up for failure in the real world. Rule 01: Life is not fair - get used to it! Rule 02: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Rule 03: 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 04: If you think your teacher is tough, wait 'til you get a boss. Rule 05: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. Rule 06: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. Rule 07: 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 think 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 08: 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 09: 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 VETERAN! If you've gotten this far, thank my mamabear - I ask for a pep-talk, and get a bounty of wisdom - LOVES the mama... cheers all... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Odie 0 Posted April 29, 2005 (edited) Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. The weathest man in American is a nerd. B) Edited April 29, 2005 by Odie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A l t e r E g o 9 Posted April 29, 2005 Those are great! *calls daughter in to read them* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen of Borg 2 Posted April 29, 2005 I like them, almost thought about printing them off and putting them somewhere in the house Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yillara Skye 1 Posted April 29, 2005 Love it, especially the nerd part B) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angela 1 Posted April 29, 2005 will be printing them off and giving them to my boyfriend (He is a self-confessed nerd) Then I will have acopy put on my folder for Uni. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
