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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about
eleven (11) things they did not and will not learn in school.
1 b' S8 O7 l  L* [He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings
& S8 d1 d$ [- P# V' o( [) Qcreated a generation of kids with no concept of reality and
) r" x9 |0 C% d; u/ n  z! R% ^how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

; S0 o' e" y! `: `; Z# q. lRule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 : The world doesn't care about your self-esteem.
& ~4 o' b/ w1 u: @1 |8 \* KThe world will expect you to accomplish something
6 c" i' Y: \& P& \. t; e5 s2 mBEFORE you feel good about yourself.
2 F0 e- I' d' n% @Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
  [0 j) M7 E5 D/ j- yThey called it opportunity.
2 i8 m! `' P- g* [8 K- y5 nRule 6 : If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
7 H- b( V) e) D+ x- a5 `so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
& S+ ]" O) @- Y- _" bRule 7 : Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills,
6 z  S% r+ ~$ R$ V: D, U; Dcleaning your clothes and listening to you
: U" q3 c6 E2 F: U6 o7 dtalk about how cool you thought you were:
; D) x6 X) S' T/ m' B" q' ~  w6 n% vSo before you save the rain forest
from the parasites of your parent's generation,
try delousing the closet in your own room..
0 B% e' A1 K9 n5 aRule 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers,
3 z( ~+ g/ x: Dbut 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.
% s9 l8 w% M' zRule 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..

Laoli

这个讲述太棒了！这也是大部分高中老师讲给学生的。但是大部分青少年都不能真正的领会。这也是可以理解的，青少年的成长是靠他们自己亲身体验和京历过才会理解的，很多时候说教不是很有效的。这就牵扯出一个家长教育方法的问题，许多家长 over protect , 害怕让孩子失败。让孩子早一点体会失败，不是一件坏事，让他学会自己对自己的行为负责，而不是家长给孩子准备好一切，而且邦孩子擦屁股，当他们犯错时。
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