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Sound advice for schoolkids
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Sue | Report | 30 Jan 2005 12:58 |
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See below......I particularly like Rule 7!..........Sue xx |
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Sue | Report | 30 Jan 2005 12:59 |
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Microsoft's Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a high school about 11 things they did not and will not learn at school. He talked 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 per year straight out of high school. You won't be 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 became 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 rainforest from parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your 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 few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that in 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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Unknown | Report | 30 Jan 2005 13:02 |
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Sue Brilliant! I hope you are enjoying your birthday! nell |
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VIVinHERTS | Report | 30 Jan 2005 13:07 |
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Sue, I like number 6. Great stuff. Viv |
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SheilaSomerset | Report | 30 Jan 2005 13:08 |
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Excellent - sound advice!!! |
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