11 things you won't learn in school

[annarere1960]

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!!
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[SG1_Fan]

AMEN !

[flyers2thecup]

oldy but a goodie...i even think it's been on here before.

[phil6580]

Could not put it better myself.

[daripper]

LOL!!!! good one
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[Uinat]

So true. Especially the first rule.

[movienut50]

100% agreement