[Loch-Ruadh] Worth Reading

Julie Self julie_self at hotmail.com
Thu Jan 12 20:56:42 PST 2006


I got this from a friend and thought it would be a good thing to share:

I just love this.  Sorry if you have read it before but it is so  true.
> >
>>Love him or hate him, he sure  hits the nail on the head with this!  To 
>>anyone with kids of any  age, here's some advice.
>>
>>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. If you can read this - Thank a teacher! If you 
>>are  reading it in English -Thank a soldier!!


Gwen
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