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OT- Bill Gates Speech

If you have not seen this item, copy it and tatoo it on the ass of any teenager you have within reach.. If you have seen it, post it on the door of any high school in your area (like Martin Luther).

Much truth here.

Bill Gates Speech 2002

Whitney High School CA: The summary is worthwhile reading for anyone.

Love Gates or hate him, he hit the nail on the head with this. To anyone with kids, here's some advice Bill Gates recently dished out at a high school speech about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school.

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 $40,000 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 are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' 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.

Reply to
Marv Soloff
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But Bill Gates giving this speech isn't one of them.

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Reply to
Todd Rich

Ah, Marv, that's an urban myth. Gates never wrote it nor spoke it, and most people who know him and who have commented on it say it doesn't sound remotely like anything he would say.

Don't feel bad. Several newspapers have repeated it as the words of Gates, including the Atlanta Constitution. They, too, appear to have forgotten how to check their facts.

Oh, that's item number 12: Check your facts before repeating what someone else told you. You'll be surprised at how many homilies and aphorisms turn out to be unmitigated bullshit, usually written by losers who think they know the secrets to success.

Reply to
Ed Huntress

And besides, *everyone* knows that 90% of the HS kids already have cell phones.

:^)

Jim

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jim rozen

Well, I got caught on this one! Urban Legend says " This list is the work of Charles J. Sykes, author of the book Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, Or Add. (The list has appeared in newspapers, although not necessarily in this book.) Many versions of this list omit the last three rules: "

Sorry about that.

Regards,

Marv

Todd Rich wrote:

Reply to
Marv Soloff

Celestial Gotcha! Apologies!

Regards,

Marv

Ed Huntress wrote:

Reply to
Marv Soloff

Jeez, there's no need for an apology. Myths can be fun.

It's also fun to track them down. It tells you something about the process of myth-making. In the Internet era, the whole process is compressed, but it's the same ol' myth-making process.

Ed Huntress

Reply to
Ed Huntress

No prob. If you've ever heard Bill Gates give a speech, you would know it wasn't him. That was what prompted me to head over to Snopes. Todd

Reply to
Todd Rich

I rarely get taken in by these Urban Myths - this is the first one in a long, long time.

Regards,

Marv

Ed Huntress wrote:

Reply to
Marv Soloff

But no matter the author..its still Good Stuff

Gunner

'If you own a gun and have a swimming pool in the yard, the swimming pool is almost 100 times more likely to kill a child than the gun is.'" Steven Levitt, UOC prof.

Reply to
Gunner

Charlie Sykes is among other things (I suppose) an AM radio personality in Milwaukee. Also one of my old highschool class mates.

His wife Diane is/was a Wisconsin supreme court justice who (whom?) President Bush recently chose for the 7th court of appeals in Chicago.

Reply to
Neil Nelson

Bill Gates never gave that speech. The points made and the way in which they are made, are much too boorish, crude and unpolished for him.

It is highly questionable anyone ever gave this "speech".

Abrasha

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Reply to
Abrasha

He didn't - it's an Urban Legend.

Regards,

Marv

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Marv Soloff

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