Exam Results Don't Define You 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 teaching 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, ...
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