True

[keithcross]

Seems right to me, not to sure abotu the last point though.

> Subject: This should be posted in all schools
> > >
> >
> > Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the
> head with this! To
> > anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice.
> >
> >
> >
> > Bill Gates recently 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > If you agree, pass it on.
> > If you can read this - Thank a teacher!
> > If you are reading it in English -Thank a soldier!

[DAVID THOMPSON]

THANKS KEITH
At age 61 and driving a school bus i needed that .....for the smile it brings
but the folks setting behind the driver need to understand it

[sdbct1]

Yee ha baby Yee ha !

[iceman]

That is so true,especially the last line"> > If you are reading it in English -Thank a soldier!"

also first rule is good.Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!

[OLDMTNCARVER]

Saw a Marine, many years my younger, this last week walking up the stairs of the county building in the town that I live in, in formal uniform.
As I passed I wanted to say thank you for my freedom and the freedom for other countries, as many like him, have died for.
I have to state I was overwhelmed.
I don't even know his rank as I was fixed on the TWO rows of medals on his chest.
That's eight for his service to my country and freedom!
Many of our generation, don't take the time to think about where they live and who gave them their freedom as well as other countries in the world in the past hundred years.
At times, I lament my personal sacrifices and then think of those that have lost so much more.
They lost everything that they could have been.
They lost the chance to have a home, the giggling of little kids filling the air around them.
They lost the love and embrace of a wife, husband or loved one.
Dreams never realized and goals never met.
We have an obligation to them to be the best. To do and be the best that we can be.
NO EXCUSSES!
OMC

[Sue]

So very true, so many kids I talk to seem to wonder when life will "happen" to them.
Sending it to my kids.... seem to be repeating rule 1 on a daily basis

[Lamaha]

How true is that! Love it.
Common sense verses the PC Brigade.
Prepare our darings for life not Soap Opera.
Nice one.