Faster horses
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I'm sure many of you have read this before, but since it is one of my favorites, I'm going to post it for those who may not have ever read it.
The following is advice Bill Gates recently dished out during a high school speech regarding eleven things students did not learn in school. He talked about how "feel good, politically correct teachings" has created a full generation of kids with no concept of responsibility and how this concept has 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 per 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.
The following is advice Bill Gates recently dished out during a high school speech regarding eleven things students did not learn in school. He talked about how "feel good, politically correct teachings" has created a full generation of kids with no concept of responsibility and how this concept has 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 per 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.
