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Every Parent should post this on their Fridge in Big Block letters!!!!

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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 07:17

This was attributed to Bill Gates but he didnt write it, dont know who did :)

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 $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 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.

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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 22:19
Rule 4 is timely for us as dd is saying she does not like her teacher. I've been telling her that there'll be times in lfie when she won't like someone but may have to work or interact with that person everyday, so has to learn to live with it.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 21:39
Thanks for posting this-have now printed out 4 copies and have posted them around the house!!! :)
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 21:11
I am so glad you like it!!! it is so relevent to how children are raised today. That parents realize that what goes on during their school years is not ever continued into their working life!!! so, if they have the tools while they are growing up, being an adult with responsibilities will not be such a shock!!! :)
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 10:27
Brilliant post!
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 08:45
Great post SueB :)
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 07:33
Rule #8 is the one that get me. Such a disservice to kids :(....
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EW GURU
Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 07:28
Yes....I gave this to my DS a few years ago...Sooooooo true
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 07:28
Perfect timing SueB just copied and pasted to my teen who didn't want to go to sports day today and we had the usual morning kick off!!:)
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 01 February 2012 - 07:21
Awesome... thanks for the quotes!
 
 

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