Bill Gates to school students

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! 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 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 and 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 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 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.
> [Nerd = foolish, feeble, or uninteresting person]

Regards

(Rolling in...) Pride :-)