Reality of Life

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 wonʼt 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 wonʼt 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, itʼs not your parentsʼ fault, so donʼt whine about your mistakes, ʽlearn from themʼ..



Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents werenʼt 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 parentʼs 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 theyʼll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesnʼt bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.



Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You donʼt 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 youʼll end up working for one.


Now; either Bill Gates delivered it or not but this all is so TRUE!