Rules for Reality

[scenario]

A friend sent this to me today. Thought it was funny (and right on target), so thought I'd share it.

 

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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.

[G&T]

While it might be true, Bill gates never said any of those things.

 

Linky

[FlaSoxxJim]

While it might be true, Bill gates never said any of those things.

 

Linky

 

Thanks for saving me the trouble of finding the Snopes link to debunk this chestnut.

 

. . . During a recent speech, Bill Gates talked about company vice presidents and their fancy car phones. Man, I wish I could get me one of these babies to show the world I have ARRIVED!!

Edited September 16, 2009 by FlaSoxxJim

[StrangeSox]

LOL. Just a *little* dated.

[dasox24]

Thanks for saving me the trouble of finding the Snopes link to debunk this chestnut.

 

. . . During a recent speech, Bill Gates talked about company vice presidents and their fancy car phones. Man, I wish I could get me one of these babies to show tthe world I have ARRIVED!!

As soon as I read that part, I was like "Since when is the mid-90s considered 'recently'?" I remember my dad's carphone. We had to put the antenna on top of the roof of the car for it to work. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Good stuff, btw. Definitely true.

Edited September 16, 2009 by dasox24

[Jenksismyhero]

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.

 

Unless you think like a democrat. Zing!

 

 

I'm here all day.

[NorthSideSox72]

Unless you think like a democrat. Zing!

 

 

I'm here all day.

Please no busterizing non-Buster threads.

 

[FlaSoxxJim]

Please no busterizing non-Buster threads.

 

Haha, Buster-ed!!