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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did NOT teach, and kids 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.
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. | 6 |
| If you can read this - Thank a teacher! | 2 |
| If you agree, pass it on. | 1 |
| Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. | 1 |
| Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, | 1 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. | 0 |
| Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they | 0 |
| Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished | 0 |
| Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping | 0 |
| Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. | 0 |
| Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel | 0 |
| Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! | 0 |
― Old Big 'OOS (AKA the Cupwinner) (darraghmac), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 11:38 (fifteen years ago) link
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