Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 10 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.
Bonus Rule 11:
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
My Rule No.1:
Get on with life; there's just too much unaccomplished and to be accomplish.
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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.
Bonus Rule 11:
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
My Rule No.1:
Get on with life; there's just too much unaccomplished and to be accomplish.
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8 comments:
how true the rules of life shared by mr bill gatss himself. life is unfair, we got to accept it and make things happen for ourselves, oil prices keep increase worldwide, what shud we do? protest everyday and stay negative with the hope of one day mr badawi will drop the prices or wait for mr anwar to be PM and harga minyak turun 50 sen turun serta merta? it is better for us to focus on our jobs and create opportunity and step up our activity ratio to earn more for oursleves and for family. time pass by damn fast everyday, and the world will not stop for us, STAY POSITIVE and BETTER FUTURE AHEAD. KEEP BELIEVE and MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. LIFE IS UNFAIR BUT EVERYBODY HAVE 24 HOURS..THINK OF YOUR LOVES ONE..GAMBATEH!!!
William,
You always have a positive attitude; and this is what had made you successful. I am proud of you.
i already published this articles in my blog. thanks..a very good articles that we never learn in school and i personally agreed with all of the rules. learn from the best one..
Maverick,
These rules are not from Bill Gates himself. Rather they are an excerpt from the book "Dumbing Down Our Kids" by Charles Sykes.
Refer here http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/billgatesspeech.htm
Thanks
Maverick
I think UMNO and BN members should read this and get the into their brain since they cant last long and once pr take over (nerds) they will be working for PR.
Cant wait to see Prime Monkey cursing himself days and nights.
Very funny.
Hikayat-penuh-ranjau,
Thank you for the clarification and the links.
Timothy-Dalton,
The MPs don't read!
the problem is there is too many middle class parent who can give their children the luxury in life without earning it. but that is the way of the world... we dont whine we just take advantage of it....
Read this. Not sure which one is correct.
http://www.snopes.com/language/document/liferule.asp
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