This is reported to be by Bill Gates.  I have not read the book so I can't confirm
that he is the source.  Still good rules....regardless.

From: "Patty Miller" 

Subject: Bill's 11 rules

In Bill Gates' new book, he lays out 11 rules that students do not learn in
high school or college, but should. He argues that our feel-good,
politically correct teachings have created a generation of kids with no
concept of reality  who are set up for failure in the real world. The list:

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, until you earn both.

Rule 4. If you think you teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He
doesn't have tenure.

Rule 5. Flipping burgers in 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; 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.

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