Love him or hate him, he  sure hits the nail on the head with this!

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.
 

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If you can read this  ..... Thank a teacher!
 
If you can read this in English....  Thank a soldier!!!