[kj] Timewave, November Novelty

[Bette Dillinger]

Rule 1 For Adults:
Well, only bizarrely intentioned adults write patronizing lists about what "kids these days" are going to encounter and have the audacity to expect any form of respect in return, including reading the whole list.  Kids already know these facts and are afraid of being a "grown up", even though they might not show this to you.  So the best thing to help everyone, list maker, is to think about the things in your life that you might have missed due to your regimented, antiquated mindset that also has an distinct underlying riff of jealousy.  > Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:13:20 +1300> From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz> To: gathering at misera.net> Subject: Re: [kj] Timewave, November Novelty> > The following list does the email spam rounds, commonly mis-attributed to> Bill Gates at a school induction speech he never gave, actually from a> book by Charles Sykes called "50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School:> Real-World Antidotes to Feel-Good Education."> > 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 40 thousand dollars a year right out> of high school. You won't be a vice president with> car phone, until you earn both.> > RULE 4> If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a> boss. He doesn't have tenure.> > 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 are. 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.> > > My 10 year old daughters school has no losers.> > Everyones a winner!> > Bollocks I tell her. You go out there and beat their arses.> > Comin' second=first loser.> > Don't you come home unless you win at everything and don't want to hear no> > excuses! :)> > > _______________________________________________> Gathering mailing list> Gathering at misera.net> http://four.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/gathering
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