Mr Gates tells the teens that this is advise they'll never learn at school. He talked about how feel-good, politically correct teachings have created a full generation of kids with NO CONCEPT OF REALITY, and how this sets them up for failure in the real world. (I read this a while back and don't recall the source.)
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 $40,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone (this was obviously a few years ago, but sub "company cell phone" n it still fits) until you EARN both.
RULE 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait til 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".
RULE6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about 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 rainforest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
RULE 8: Some schools 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 up into semesters. You dont 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 shops and go to jobs.
RULE 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
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 $40,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone (this was obviously a few years ago, but sub "company cell phone" n it still fits) until you EARN both.
RULE 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait til 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".
RULE6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about 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 rainforest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
RULE 8: Some schools 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 up into semesters. You dont 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 shops and go to jobs.
RULE 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
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