Thursday, September 9, 2010

11 Rules Your Kids Did Not and Will Not Learn In School, Mississauga


A few days ago, many of us celebrated our children going back to school. Others, dropped their loved ones at different universities or colleges so they can continue their education. I no longer celebrate in the same manner. I still have one young adult in university. He hasn't started his 3rd year, yet. He starts the second week of September. I watch the little ones walking to school with their new school bags and holding their parents hands and I think back to those wonderful days. Of course, we do see our kids grow up and we look forward to the day when they begin their lives away from the comfort of their own homes. It will happen.

I have been fortunate to pick up a real cute article by Kent Summers. The article was titled:

Bill Gates Speech: 11 Rules Your Kids Did Not and Will Not Learn In School
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it.

Rule 2: The world doesn'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.

There has been so much sad news in the papers, on TV, and on the radio. I thought that this would bring a new a few smiles and a chuckle to those with children who are in post secondary education or heading out to the real world of jobs and opportunities.

Let's smile and laugh and pass it on.

Betty Bartusevicius, Sales Representative
Re/Max Realty Specialists Inc., Brokerage
Fine Homes In Nine Oh Five
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