Words of Wisdom...

[Michael Fazzina]

From the bazillionaire Bill Gates:



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.

 

[Fudged Undies]

Classic. Never been a big Gates fan but if this is accurate and real.... I likes.

 

[Rich Stern]

Urban legend.



Originally made it's way around the Internet as a "Kurt Vonnegut college graducation speech" and now is being attributed to Bill Gates. Actually written by a Chicago newspaper writer.



Some good pearls of wisdom.



Check Snopes.com for details.

 

[EddieS'04]

I have got that same email, many times and it is always, someone else said it.....

 

[Fer Echegaray]

Real Words of Wisdom from Dave Barry:





1. Never under any circumstances take a sleeping pill and a laxative

on the same night.



2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race

has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that

word would be "meetings."



3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."



4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost

never want you to share yours with them.



5. And when God, who created the entire universe with all of its

glories, decides to deliver a message to humanity, He WILL NOT use, as

His messenger, a person on cable TV with a bad hairstyle.



6. You should not confuse your career with your life.



7. No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too

seriously.



8. When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one

individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command.

Very often, that individual is crazy.



9. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.



10. Never lick a steak knife.



11. Take out the fortune before you eat the cookie.



12. The most powerful force in the universe is gossip.



13. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling

reason why we observe daylight savings time.



14. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely

suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an

actual baby emerging from her at that moment.



15. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to

make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age 11.



16. "The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age,

gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep

down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.



17. The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to

annoy people who are not in them.



18. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice

person.



19. Your friends love you anyway.

 

[R 2]

# 16: Come to Detroit and live it out.

 

[Bill V]

Sorry, Rich Stern, you're wrong on this one.



Yes, it is urban legend. But no, it's not the one that was written by a Chicago newspaper writer. That was the one that begins something like, "Wear sunscreen."



Site with more info on that: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/vonnegut.htm



This one is written by Charles J. Sykes. See this link:

 

[Rich Stern]

Bill, I guess I need my own version of Snopes for when I need to be checked!



Thanks for the correction.

 

[Tim Reynolds]

Hey Mike, how are things going????

I've been so busy lately that I haven't even checked this site for months. I hope all is well for you!! I don't care who wrote this, it is awesome.



Forgive father for I have sinned...it has been two months since i've checked the ST website.



Tim