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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 doesn'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.