UbuntuOhio dont kill me, but he makes some valid points.

[Daniel]

Remember dont hate the person, hate their business practices .


 
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                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 Vet