The man makes some good points

Bill Gates' Speech to Mt. Whitney High School in Visalia,CA. 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'll end up working for one.



If you agree, pass it on.

If you can read this - Thank a teacher!

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

 

Thanks Walt, That was refreshing.