So True!

[antonroland]

Apologies if this has been posted lately but here goes!

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill
Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did
Not and will not learn in school. He talks 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 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.

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 thought you were. 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.

If you agree, pass it on as I know you will.
If you can read this - Thank a teacher!

CHEERS!

 

[Cobra]

Sorted

 

[Slapo]

Television is NOT real life.

That means that I... have been screwed!

Rule 12: Don't ever rely on others in any way, you're most likely to become disappointed or worse should you do that. Don't expect favours you have done to be remembered or returned.

 

[cjnicolai]

Rule 13: If you insist on stashing all your dirty laundry in your room, then whining to your mother that she hasn't washed your clothes, you'll be learning to do your own damn laundry.

(At least that's what my boys learned this week. )

- CJ