比尔·盖茨的11条准则

In Bill Gates' Book for high school and college graduates, there is a
list of 11 things they did not learn in school. In his book, Bill Gates talk
s about how feelgood, politically-correct teachings created a full generatio
n of kids with no concept of reality and how this education set them up for
failure in the real world.
　　 The 11 things are:
　　1. Life is not fair, get used to it.
　　2. The world won't care about your selfesteem. The world will expect yo
u to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
　　3. You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school
. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.
　　4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He does
n't have tenure.
　　5. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a
 different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.
　　6. If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about
 our mistakes, learn from them.
　　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 listen
ing to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest f
rom the parasites of your parents' generation, try "delousing" the closet i
n your own room.
　　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 a
s many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the sli
ghtest resemblance to anything in real life.
　　9. Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and ve
ry few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on you
r own time.
　　10. Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to le
ave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
　　11. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.