OT: Reality Check

[Guest guest]

For anyone with kids of any age .. or those who are trying to regain

their youth by rebelling against anything the youngsters rebel against,

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 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 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.