My son's friends were emailing this to one another... the fact that it
was authored by his 8th grade math teacher was impressive
enough, but the fact that he and his friends thought it was "cool"
made me take a second look.
> LIFE RULES
>
> 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 40thousand 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 teachers are 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 your bills, cleaning your
clothes, and
>listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save
the
>rainforest 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 you own time.
>
> Rule 10:
> Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have
>you leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
>
> Rule 11:
> Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
