bill gates the richest man in the worlds rules to live by?

Question

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.

Answer 1

I'm not a big fan of Microsoft, but I'll acknowledge the above diatribe as being 100% correct.

I think the purpose of school, as it exists in America, is 100% obsolete. They're teaching kids things that provide absolutley zero benefit (when was the last time you had a discussion with someone about what an electron is?). Maybe an erection, but not an electron.

But . . . it's one thing to talk about how bad it is . . . and another to actually do something about it.

Answer 2

Very good rules to remember and live by especially #11 lol

Answer 3

I read this about a year ago and I'm with Olivia. I'm going that one step farther too. I say "Don't only work for the 'NERD', 'MARRY THE NERD TOO'". Good job Olivia. I think I'll have one too. Seriously though, never underestimate those 'nerds'. They are the best.......ummm, yes....;~D

Answer 4

I have a good rule
Marry a Nerd
I plan to.

Answer 5

Bill Gates gets 10/10 for his Rules.He is a real hero with real money,folks if you want to know more about bill you can visit this site http://www.billgatesmicrosoft.com

Answer 6

Rule 13, rush a product out that is half-baked. Force all to buy it, fix it later.

Answer 7

thus, hes a billionare. i give him a lot of credit for this. go bill! i will follow these rules, cuz they are completely and 100% true.

Answer 8

hmmmm, did he live by those rules? number 11 is very very true

Answer 9

the moral of this rules is be a nerd.

Answer 10

100% correct, should be in all schools curriculum