Teenagers take note..
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Topic: Teenagers take note..
Posted By: fattartsrock
Subject: Teenagers take note..
Date Posted: 11 May 2007 at 10:11pm
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This is FANTASTIC!!!! I read this shortly after teenager of the house stomped off to bed over an argument about tv...talk about good timing!
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. Love him or hate him, he sure hit the nail on the head with this! 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. My FAVOURITE........ 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.  ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 11 May 2007 at 10:16pm
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I like Number 11!!!! lol ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 11 May 2007 at 10:39pm
I like rule 10 lol. And 11  ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 12 May 2007 at 7:05am
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Rule 9 is true - I sooo miss school and uni holidays and wish i had enjoyed them more then....four weeks off a year is not nearly enough - and maternity leave doesnt count!!!
and Ruue 8 - i wish more schools would take note. I dont agree with the thing - there are no winners....I think there should be so we all strive to win and compete....thats the real world - he is quite right |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 12 May 2007 at 7:17am
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That is all so true!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 12 May 2007 at 8:09am
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That's very good haven't seen or read that one before.. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 12 May 2007 at 8:13am
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Fantastic!!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 12 May 2007 at 8:16am
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I like that so true ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 12 May 2007 at 8:25am
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Thats so true!!! I so agree with no 8 as well - if you fail you fail!!!! It means kids are just not worried anout whether they pass or fail now cause they can just 'do a resit'. Nothing to strive for!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 12 May 2007 at 8:31am
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I do like the "pass and fail" thing, BUT remember with school C. it wasn't based on whether you could actually do the stuff - it was based on how well you did in comparison to your fellow calssmates - not particulary relevant to "the real world" either!
But love that...and may have to print out and save it! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 12 May 2007 at 10:05am
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I got that sent to me just after I finished high school all those years ago. I really like it and shows the world isn't all coffee and talking. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 12 May 2007 at 11:08am
well said ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Chovynz
Date Posted: 12 May 2007 at 12:03pm
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Meh. He's all wrong. ------------- Defending the male species since 1980
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 12 May 2007 at 9:20pm
| I think it is great! |