To those kids born much later than the other thread...

SUBMAN1 · 02-16-07, 10:34 AM

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 soldier!

Konovalov · 02-16-07, 10:36 AM

I just found it simply amusing that there is another thread for the younger ones this time.

Kapitan_Phillips · 02-16-07, 10:49 AM

"You will not earn $60,000 a year right out of high school"

+"Because I already did that!"

*slaps him*

SUBMAN1 · 02-16-07, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips

"You will not earn $60,000 a year right out of high school"

+"Because I already did that!"

*slaps him*

You are the exception. Good job!

Sailor Steve · 02-16-07, 12:22 PM

Reality sucks. Thanks Subman, that's a good one.

geetrue · 02-16-07, 12:29 PM

This is too late for my 39 year old son, but it's just in time for my 16 year old grandson ...
Who I have beaten on Generals Zero Hour in lan mode, both at the same time against little ole me.

Now I will have to insert it into a game for his birthday ... lol

SUBMAN1 · 02-16-07, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Reality sucks. Thanks Subman, that's a good one.

It defnitely can at times, and I think you have had more a dose of reality than a lot of us. How you doing these days?

-S

Camaero · 02-16-07, 05:05 PM

If Bill Gates really said that, then he has gone up a notch in my book.

He just about nailed the problems with our schools. I friggin hate politically correctness!

Sailor Steve · 02-16-07, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Reality sucks. Thanks Subman, that's a good one.

It defnitely can at times, and I think you have had more a dose of reality than a lot of us. How you doing these days?

-S

Surviving.

I still don't have a place of my own, but things are moving along.

SUBMAN1 · 02-16-07, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Quote:

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Reality sucks. Thanks Subman, that's a good one.

It defnitely can at times, and I think you have had more a dose of reality than a lot of us. How you doing these days?

-S

Surviving.

I still don't have a place of my own, but things are moving along.

As long as you have a place to stay, that is all that matters.

Thinking back though, all my life I never had a place I would call my own and only my own. I always rented rooms from friends so that I could save money for things I really wanted (Maybe I am materialistic at times, but oh well - I had a thing for cool gadgets that outweigh'd the need for having my own place back then). I couldn't stand paying for a place all to myself at the expense of the next coolest thing.

Then you get married, and you think you are getting your own place until you figure out you still have to share with your wife! :p I do have one rule - she can decorate how she wants, get whatever she wants furniture wise, anything - just don't even think of touching my speakers! If they weren't 200 lbs. ea though, she probably would throw them off the deck, but since they are, I'm pretty safe I think.

-S

dean_acheson · 02-16-07, 07:22 PM

I am kinda doubting that this is real....

02-16-07, 10:34 AM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	To those kids born much later than the other thread... 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 soldier! __________________

02-16-07, 10:36 AM	#2
Konovalov Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, UK Posts: 2,811 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I just found it simply amusing that there is another thread for the younger ones this time. __________________ "In a Christian context, sexuality is traditionally seen as a consequence of the Fall, but for Muslims, it is an anticipation of paradise. So I can say, I think, that I was validly converted to Islam by a teenage French Jewish nudist." Sheikh Abdul-Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)

02-16-07, 10:49 AM	#3
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	"You will not earn $60,000 a year right out of high school" +"Because I already did that!" slaps him __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

02-16-07, 12:22 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Reality sucks. Thanks Subman, that's a good one. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

02-16-07, 12:29 PM	#6
geetrue Cold War Boomer Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Walla Walla Posts: 2,837 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	This is too late for my 39 year old son, but it's just in time for my 16 year old grandson ... Who I have beaten on Generals Zero Hour in lan mode, both at the same time against little ole me. Now I will have to insert it into a game for his birthday ... lol __________________

02-16-07, 05:05 PM	#8
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	If Bill Gates really said that, then he has gone up a notch in my book. He just about nailed the problems with our schools. I friggin hate politically correctness! __________________

02-16-07, 07:22 PM	#11
dean_acheson Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Midwest - USA Posts: 1,057 Downloads: 42 Uploads: 0	I am kinda doubting that this is real....