11 Things You Did Not Learn In School. . .
Charles Sykes is the author of DUMBING DOWN OUR KIDS. He recently gave high
school and college graduates a list of eleven things they did not learn in
school. In his book, he talks about how feel good, politically correct
teaching has created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and
set them up for failure in the real world.
You may want to share this list with kids and parents you know...
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 a 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 our 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; they'll give you as
many times as you want to get the right answer. This, of course, 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.
