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[TD="class: sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-content-1"]This is an arousing excerpt which was said to be taken from Bill Gatess speech to Whitney High School in California. Some have claimed that it was originally written by other person but whoever the author of these eleven rules, I think he had done a great job to explain the misconceptions of real life by most high school students.
Bill Gates: 11 things they dont teach in school
Rule 1: Life is not fair
get used to it.
Rule 2: The world wont 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 wont 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
doesnt 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 its not your parents fault, so dont whine about
your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents werent 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
hasnt. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and theyll give
you as many times as you want to get the answer right. This doesnt bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You dont 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 youll end up working for one.
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