This was emailed to Jim yesterday and speaking as an "oldie" I agreed with every point Bill Gates made !
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about eleven 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 sets them up for failure in the real world.
 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 : Schools 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 terms. You don't get summers off and very few employers
               are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.      *Do that in 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 can read this... thank a teacher.
  If you can read this in English... thank a soldier!
  And for life and everything else you have... thank your parents.
  Now, think about this, smile if you agree and pass it on.