Lessons And Values

Subject: Superb Bill Gates comments

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill Gates gave a

speech in 2008 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

Subject: Superb Bill Gates comments

This should be posted in all schools and work places

Superb Bill Gates comments

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 chances

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!

WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T LOOKING

When you thought I wasn't looking,

I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator,

and I immediately wanted to paint another one.


When you thought I wasn't looking,I saw you feed a stray cat,

and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.


When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me,

and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life.



I heard you say a prayer,

and I knew that there is a God

I could always talk to,

and I learned to trust in Him.



I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick,

and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.


When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money to

help people who had nothing,

and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don't.


When you thought I wasn't looking , I saw you take care of our house

and everyone in it,

and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.


When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you handled your

responsibilities, even when you didn' t feel good,

and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up.


When you thought I wasn't looking

I saw tears come from your eyes,

and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.



I saw that you cared,

and I wanted to be everything that I could be.



I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and

productive person when I grow up.


When you thought I wasn't looking ,

I looked at you and wanted to say 'Thanks for all the things I saw when

you thought I wasn't looking.'


I AM SHARING THIS WITH PEOPLE

I KNOW WHO DO SO MUCH FOR OTHERS,

BUT THINK THAT NO ONE EVER SEES.


Each of us (parent, grandparent, aunt,

uncle, teacher, friend) influences the life of a child.

How will you touch the life of someone

today?

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