Bill Gates Advices to Students
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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, or anyone who > > has ever been a kid, here's some advice. > > > > Bill Gates recently dished out at a high school > > speech 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 are. 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. > > Mazy <
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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, or anyone who > > has ever been a kid, here's some advice. > > > > Bill Gates recently dished out at a high school > > speech 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 are. 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. > > Mazy <
I wouldn't take anything he says seriously because after all he is the leader of a law breaking company. After a poor performance in London in 1899, Steinitz went insane and died a year later on August 12, 1900 at Wards Island, N.Y.
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I wouldn't take anything he says seriously because after all he is the leader of a law breaking company. After a poor performance in London in 1899, Steinitz went insane and died a year later on August 12, 1900 at Wards Island, N.Y.
Martin Marvinski wrote: he is the leader of a law breaking company. What laws?
"When a friend hurts us, we should write it down in the sand, where the winds of forgiveness get in charge of erasing it away, and when something great happens, we should engrave it in the stone of the memory of the heart, where no wind can erase it" Nish on life [methinks]
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I wouldn't take anything he says seriously because after all he is the leader of a law breaking company. After a poor performance in London in 1899, Steinitz went insane and died a year later on August 12, 1900 at Wards Island, N.Y.
Martin Marvinski wrote: I wouldn't take anything he says seriously because after all he is the leader of a law breaking company. I have the same question as Brian ask. Mazy "The more I search, the more my need For you, The more I bless, the more I bleed For you."The Outlaw Torn-Metallica
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Martin Marvinski wrote: I wouldn't take anything he says seriously because after all he is the leader of a law breaking company. I have the same question as Brian ask. Mazy "The more I search, the more my need For you, The more I bless, the more I bleed For you."The Outlaw Torn-Metallica
Mazdak wrote: I have the same question as Brian ask. So I'm not the only one interested in knowing that then :-)
"When a friend hurts us, we should write it down in the sand, where the winds of forgiveness get in charge of erasing it away, and when something great happens, we should engrave it in the stone of the memory of the heart, where no wind can erase it" Nish on life [methinks]