Bill Gates and his 11 rules

Lost_Soul · Sat Mar 29, 2008 19:12 pm *Bill Gates and his 11 rules*

Hi, everybody

Bill Gates 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. Here they are:

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.

I find them very "to the point".
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Yankee · Sat Mar 29, 2008 23:21 pm *Bill Gates and his 11 rules*

Well, I'm certainly old enough to understand all of the sentiments expressed in those 11 points. Laughing

Where did you find that, Alex? Are you sure it was actually Bill who came up with that list? I mean, it sounds more like one of those emails that gets forwarded to everyone on your distribution list, and is intended mainly to be humorous rather than 100% factual.
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Lost_Soul · Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:34 am *Bill Gates and his 11 rules*

Yeah, I'm old enough to appreciate those points too Very Happy

I found it on a site (I can't for the life of me remember what site exactly) Smile

I was browsing the net in search of information about Bill Gates, and hit on that site. It may be not what Bill Gates has ever said, but I give that site the benefit of the doubt.

By the way, I was disappointed to find out that he's no more the first billionaire in the world. That attempt to buy out Yahoo! has had a detrimental impact on his fortune
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How much upchuck would a woodchuck upchuck if a woodchuck could upchuck ?

(a guy from Russia)

Daemon99 · Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:09 am *Bill Gates and his 11 rules*

I got an email a few days ago. It had pics of a hot-model-like girl and claimed they were Bill Gates' daughter's. I searched the internet but couldn't find any. Still trying to check if they are really her pics Smile

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BelajarEnglish · Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:54 am *Bill Gates and his 11 rules*

Hai Alex,

Very good post!!!!
Thank you for that.

It was a fantastic points regardless it was said by Bill or not. Those are the reflection of the real life.

Her
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Jamie (K) · Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:29 am *Bill Gates and his 11 rules*

Those rules were not written by Bill Gates. In fact, they don't even sound like anything Bill Gates would say. They were written by Charles J. Sykes, author of the book Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, Or Add.

As I've also found on the Internet:

Molly · Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:47 am *Bill Gates and his 11 rules*

"So, did Mr. Microsoft really say these things? No, he didn't. This frequently forwarded and oft-misattributed piece is actually the work of one Charles J. Sykes."

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/gatesadvice.html

Lost_Soul · Tue Apr 08, 2008 21:57 pm *Bill Gates and his 11 rules*

Anyway, those rules are perfect to stick by, even though Bill Gates did not author them.
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Alex

How much upchuck would a woodchuck upchuck if a woodchuck could upchuck ?

(a guy from Russia)

Molly · Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:02 am *Bill Gates and his 11 rules*

Perfect for whom?

Jamie (K) · Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:12 pm *Bill Gates and his 11 rules*

Perfect for people who don't think everything is relative.

So not perfect for you.

Molly · Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:16 pm *Bill Gates and his 11 rules*

Are you my relative? Shocked

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