11 things you did not and will not learn in HS...Bill Gates Style.

[68chrgrwife]

 From Bill Gates:
> >
> > 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 di gnity. 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 i nto semesters. You don't get summers off
> >     and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do > >     that onyour 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

[TK73]

Snopes ruling: FALSE

...but entertaining.

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/liferule.htm

[68chrgrwife]

Snopes ruling: FALSE

...but entertaining.

http://www.snopes.com/language/document/liferule.htm

ok sorry didn't know he didn't write them, but they are good.....

[Charger_Fan]

Yep, that one's been around a while, but it's still something that would be nice for a bunch of punks to hear.