I need it to share this.. So true!!! RULES kids wont learn in school by BILL GATES Rule No. 1: Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teen-ager uses the phrase Its not fair 8.6 times a day. You got it from your parents, who said it so often you decided they must be the most idealistic generation ever. When they started hearing it from their own kids, they realized Rule No. 1. Rule No. 2: The real world wont care as much about your self-esteem as much as your school does. Itll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. This may come as a shock. Usually, when inflated self-esteem meets reality, kids complain that its not fair. (See Rule No. 1) Rule No. 3: Sorry, you wont make $40,000 a year right out of high school. And you wont be a vice president or have a car phone either. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesnt have a Gap label. Rule No. 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait til you get a boss. He doesnt have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, hes not going to ask you how you feel about it. Rule No. 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it opportunity. They werent embarrassed making minimum wage either. They would have been embarrassed to sit around talking about Kurt Cobain all weekend. Rule No. 6: Its not your parents fault. If you screw up, you are responsible. This is the flip side of Its my life, and Youre not the boss of me, and other eloquent proclamations of your generation. When you turn 18, its on your dime. Dont whine about it, or youll sound like a baby boomer. Rule No. 7: Before you were born your parents werent as boring as they are now. They got that way paying your bills, cleaning up your room and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are. Rule No. 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers. Life hasnt. In some schools, theyll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. Failing grades have been abolished and class valedictorians scrapped, lest anyones feelings be hurt. Effort is as important as results. This, of course, bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in real life. (See Rule No. 1, Rule No. 2 and Rule No. 4.) Rule No. 9: Life is not divided into semesters, and you dont get summers off. Not even Easter break. They expect you to show up every day. For eight hours. And you dont get a new life every 10 weeks. It just goes on and on. While were at it, very few jobs are interested in fostering your self-expression or helping you find yourself. Fewer still lead to self-realization. (See Rule No. 1 and Rule No. 2.) Rule No. 10: Television is not real life. Your life is not a sitcom. Your problems will not all be solved in 30 minutes, minus time for commercials. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to jobs. Your friends will not be as perky or pliable as Jennifer Aniston. Rule No. 11: Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 22:18:54 +0000
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