Fwd: Bill Gates to High School students

[Gerald Weitz <cweitz@moscow.com>]

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> From: "Gerald S. Samson"
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> To: "Betty Samson" <bettysamson@mindspring.com>
> Subject: Bill Gates to High School students
> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 19:34:28 -0400
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> This was sent to me by Dennis Connolly
> (g)samson
> geraldsamson@mindspring.com
>
> Bill Gates:
> Love him  or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this
> one. To
> anyone with kids of any age, or anyone who has ever been a kid, here's
> some
> advice Bill Gates dished out recently at a high school speech about
> 11
> things they don't teach in school. He talks about how feel-good,
> politically
> correct teachings have 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 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/year right out of high school. You
> won't
> > be a vice-president with a cell-phone, until you earn both.
> >
> > Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a
> boss. He
> > doesn't have tenure.
> >
> > Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your
> grandparents
> had
> > a word for flipping burgers-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 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
> > hasn't. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and
> they'll
> give
> > you as many times as you want to get the answer right. 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
> and
> > Christmas break off, and very few employers are interested in
> helping you
> > find yourself. Do that on you own time.
> >
> > Rule 10. Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually
> have to
> > leave the coffee shop and go to work.
> >
> > Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for
> one.