To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice.

[krsna]

>

>

> 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!