>>>>
>>>>To anyone with kids, of any age, here's some advice Bill Gates recently
>>>>dished out at a high school speech about 11 things they DID NOT learn
>>in
>>>>school.
>>>>He talked about how feel-good, politically correct teaching has 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 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 are.   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.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

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