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Heard Any Good Ones: Part 2
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<blockquote data-quote="traveler" data-source="post: 118741" data-attributes="member: 1954"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! </strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Bill Gates 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.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>The world will expect you to accomplish something </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>BEFORE you feel good about yourself.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>You won't be a vice-president with a car phone - until you earn both.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>they called it opportunity.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>listening to you talk about how cool you think you are. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>So before you save the rain forest from the parasites </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>You don't get summers off and very few employers are </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Do that on your own time.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. </strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.</strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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