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May 18, 2007

Words of Advice from Bill Gates
                                                   

Life is wonderful, but it is also challenging at times. The following advice comes from one of the most successful businessman in history, Bill Gates. He recently told a group of high schoolers about 11 things they did not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a full generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world. I want all of you to be very successful, so consider some of his words:

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 thousand dollars 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 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 parents' 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.

-- There may be virtual reality, but there is no such thing as virtual happiness --

02:07 AM Dec 20 2008

fitria

fitria
Indonesia

sorry, I do not give a comment about yours, but i wanna ask you about psycholinguistic.can you explain to me what the contribution of  psycholinguistic toward language teaching. you may replay to my e-mail www.fitria_sunata@yahoo.com

01:30 AM Aug 22 2007

lxtlxt007@hotmail.com
China

it's necessary to know by every kids in china.

06:25 PM May 26 2007

canon23

canon23
China

Laughing

11:12 PM May 24 2007

bahaman
Bahamas

i think there are so useful words, and i hope it's help anyone who read this phrases. so don't ignore it and use words that u really need in your own life, and do your best. good luck

11:39 PM May 21 2007

gdoggie

gdoggie
China

life is always cool and unfair everywhereCry

07:36 PM May 21 2007

114along
China

love our parents,love everyone around us. love is the most important thing in the word, it acts as a mirror!

07:05 AM May 21 2007

Orhwolarbi

Orhwolarbi
Nigeria

Wide sayings that really has impact in human life. We all want to succeed in live, we must know that there's always an obstacle out there waiting to hinder our aspiration, we must prepare for them. Bill Gates has said it all and I believe he knows them all. Anything good in life doesn't come to you, you aspire to get it.

06:04 AM May 21 2007

wildlin
China

Chalenges so what?We need change.Life is unfair,wkeep movin'&WORKING hard.Someday we'll make a difference.

02:44 AM May 21 2007

Yasin
Turkey

probably this is a way of gettnig things in your life hard and easily by expriencing them. actually that does not teach you by speaking only but by putting them into practice...  not bad...

08:41 AM May 20 2007

lxlylme

lxlylme
China

Mmmm, gotta save it , SO TRUE .

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