Battle of the Bulge

[Frank B]

> To anyone with kids of any age, or anyone who has ever been

> a kid, here's some advice Bill Gates recently dished out at a

> high school speech 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 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 $40,000 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 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 the test 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.