Bill Gates Advice to Teens

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BILL GATES' SPEECH TO MT. WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL, IN VISALIA, CALIFORNIA.

 

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 $50,000 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 parent's 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.

 

CHEERS,

 

BILL GATES

 

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Thanks Joan!!

 

I like #5 especially. I see way too many spoiled teenagers! There are many parents who ruin thier children by giving way too much and not expecting them to work to help defer costs and teach responsibility. We are missing something huge in this generation and I pray its not devestating to our future.

 

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.

 

 

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This is great, Joan, thanks for posting it! I think I'll share it with my DH....he'll love it!

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Joan, this is right on! I printed it so I could remind myself of some of these items (6, 10, and 11)! It helps when I'm feeling a bit whiney. . . sg