Some rules kids won't learn in school

You may have seen this circulating around the internet, in chain emails, or heard it mentioned a time our two.  It's pretty funny (and in my opinion rather true as well), so I thought I'd share it.

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.  He doesn't have tenure.

 

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 were not 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 only problem is--apparently rule number one should be "Do not believe everything you read".  We all know that already, though, don't we?  This has been circulating as something Bill Gates said.  Not true.  It was also stated that he said it as a graduation speech at a school in California.  He never gave such speech.  It actually came from a book written by Charles J. Sykes and there are more than 11 rules.  Either way... it's still pretty good.  Check out this link for the scoop.  (or just google it! :)