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Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To

anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice.

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 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 $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 may end up working for one.



If you can read this - Thank a teacher!

If you are reading it in English -Thank a USA soldier!!

CAR, :driving:

Dang ol Bill nailed it. I know some adults that should read this list.

Sweet, simple and right to the point, something we need more of in todays world.

Posted by CARLA:

Dang ol Bill nailed it. I know some adults that should read this list.

Sweet, simple and right to the point, something we need more of in todays world

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Right you are CARLA, some "Adults" have just "aged" because it happened, & not grown up/matured! :wah:

Cars :driving:

He got that one right!

Personally I've always liked bill gates. He's proof of what can be achieved with a little ingenuity. I mean, c'mon! Who doesnt know what windows is? :driving:

Nice! I need to blow this up and put it on my classroom wall!

cars wrote: Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To

anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice.

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 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 $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 may end up working for one.



If you can read this - Thank a teacher!

If you are reading it in English -Thank a USA soldier!!




This has been bouncing around cyberspace for some time.

While I agree, in principle with the first ten, I've been quietly troubled about #11 for awhile. This one reveals more about Mr. Gates than all of them. I get the same vibe from Michael Dell.

Maybe it's just me, but there is an underlying, vengeful, meanspiritedness to it.

Obviously, they were both the nerds in question. It motivated them to become the professional successes that they are. But revenge is what seems to continue to motivate them.

I once had a business partner who was like that. He used to walk around with fists clenched saying "People will pay.", over and over.

There's no way that's healthy.

nawww...nerds just probably get tired of being picked on.

cars wrote: Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! To

anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice.

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 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 $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 may end up working for one.



If you can read this - Thank a teacher!

If you are reading it in English -Thank a USA soldier!!


Real meaningful eye openers by the master himself.

Tinseltoes wrote: I'm I being a bit dense, but why should I be thanking a USA solider for being able to read something in English. If I'm going to thank any Soliders it would be British Soliders, Sailors and Airforcemen?

Please explain?
Good point :-2

CARLA wrote:



I know some adults that should read this list.


Carla, that is the exact same thing I thought when I got done reading.



Great stuff, Cars!! Thanks!

Tinseltoes wrote: I'm I being a bit dense, but why should I be thanking a USA solider for being able to read something in English. If I'm going to thank any Soliders it would be British Soliders, Sailors and Airforcemen?



Please explain?cars wrote:

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things

they did not and will not learn in school.I think MR. Gates was talking to a group of American students........... Not Brits?



Does that explain?

Tinseltoes wrote: I'm I being a bit dense, but why should I be thanking a USA solider for being able to read something in English. If I'm going to thank any Soliders it would be British Soliders, Sailors and Airforcemen?



Please explain?i agree. but i think it means if it were not for Americans, you'd be speaking german. i would direct this comment even more to the french who gave up instantly. the English fought them in the streets, in the skies. bravely. my sweetheart was a British Army paratrooper. the Brits were courageous.

didn't mean to sound high-handed in the least..i am a lover of the British. and admirer. my sweetheart is an Englishman, as i stated, and i am moving there. i think Churchill was the greatest statesman who ever lived. i wear British Army para wings on my American cop uniform.

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Posted by Tinseltoes:

I'm I being a bit dense, but why should I be thanking a USA solider for being able to read something in English. If I'm going to thank any Soliders it would be British Soliders, Sailors and Airforcemen?

Please explain?

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You certianly should thank your British Servicemen & "ServiceWomen". The subject Speech was made as well as distributed in the USA. Thus, the reference to USA Soldier. (It should have been modified for "World-wide" publication)

Cars :driving:

Tinseltoes wrote: Lady Cop when are you coming and where will you live? Is your 'young man' still in the Para's?



Bring your fridge with you. Ours are tiny!no, he's not. i hope to be there in next 6 months, immigration is touchy. cotswolds area. my man is here, Bothwell. i wear his wings proudly. you have to visit Bothwell's pub thread! have a pint on me!

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Carla, that is the exact same thing I thought when I got done reading.

Great stuff, Cars!! Thanks!

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Hi BR, haven't seen you posting lately, glad to see you're back!!! Missed you!!

Cars :driving: