Advice to the Youth of America

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!

Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 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 set 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: 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.

Quick Update

Haven't blogged in a while. Just been crazy busy and no time to sit at the computer and type. Here is a quick update.

*Ricca and I are no more. He can't decide what he wants and I told him from the beginning that I wasn't playing those games

*Jonathan recovered from the H1N1 with no problem. I never caught it, which is a good thing.

*One of my really good friends (or so I thought) just moved back home but is not speaking to me because I did something that she didn't agree with.

*My friend J and her husband are separated finally and he was served his papers last week. She is so much happier now that she is free of him.

*My friend L is stuck in a relationship because she says she can't afford it on her own. I told her there comes a time when you just have to swallow your pride and ask the family for help.

*Back to work at the restaurant. The girl who took my shift a few months back decided she didn't want it, so they gave it back to me.

*Went to see Trans Siberian Orchestra on Saturday. It was an awesome show as usual.

*Went to see Dr. Dirty, John Valby at a comedy club on Thursday night. J actually got me up on stage and I had my boobs autographed along with a bunch of other girls! Can't remember the last time I had that much fun!

*Working through some personal things within myself right now. I'm happy, it's just that I worry people aren't going to speak to me once they find out things.

Well I should get back to work. Have a happy week all!

Damn Swines! LOL

I've been busy taking care of Jonathan and helping him get rid of the H1N1 and helping Ricca's mom with him and his two sisters who also had it. I'll update when I can! Everyone is on the mend!