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Richard Choate
Here's some advice Bill Gates dished out at a high school
speech about 11 things they would not learn in school. He
talked 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 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 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.
speech about 11 things they would not learn in school. He
talked 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 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 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.