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| Subject: Truth hurts, but it is what it is. Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:56 pm | |
| This should be posted in all schools and work places
Love him or hate him, Bill sure hits the nail on the head with this!
Bill Gates recently gave a speech to High School students about
11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talked 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 $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 your fault; 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.
That’s too bad because it 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 their jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are - you'll end up working for one.
If you can read this - Thank a teacher! If you're reading this in English- Thank a Veteran! If you agree, pass it on. |
| | | iceman3201
Posts : 641 Join date : 2009-02-12 Age : 77 Location : south portland maine
| Subject: truth hurts, but it is what it is. Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:15 pm | |
| theres a lot of truth in those statements. | |
| | | No Moa
Posts : 3893 Join date : 2009-02-21 Age : 51 Location : Midcoast Maine
| Subject: Re: Truth hurts, but it is what it is. Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:59 am | |
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| | | toomanytoyz Club President
Posts : 6876 Join date : 2009-01-20 Age : 47 Location : East Hampstead, NH USA
| Subject: Re: Truth hurts, but it is what it is. Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:08 am | |
| More kids... EVERY KID, should hear a speech like that, from an influencial person. | |
| | | BowtieSS
Posts : 47 Join date : 2009-02-16 Age : 51 Location : Manchester, NH
| Subject: Re: Truth hurts, but it is what it is. Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:54 pm | |
| - toomanytoyz wrote:
- More kids... EVERY KID, should hear a speech like that, from an influencial person.
I Agree with you, and this speech is great, but unfortunatly Bill Gates didn't give this speech. It's a rumor, This is where it came from. "It's an excerpt from the book "Dumbing Down our Kids" by educator Charles Sykes" | |
| | | iceman3201
Posts : 641 Join date : 2009-02-12 Age : 77 Location : south portland maine
| Subject: truth hurts,but it is what it is. Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:10 pm | |
| hi bruce. hows the twins? glad to hear from you. hows the wife? and again i had fun. since that storm ive ordered hids. matter of fact tonight. | |
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