Bill Gates: 11 things that you dun learn from school

[老许]

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 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 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.

[豪坤]

很久以前就想帮这言路放在这里，不过一直都忘记了。

很多人觉得 Bill Gates 的看法很残忍和悲观，但是这都是活着的事实。

[shaoshi]

学校沒有教的东西

朋友传来比尔盖茨在一高中的演讲。演讲中他提到学校为了看起来很“正派”（politically correct），教导的一些处事方针都不实际，因此培养出来的学生，並不知道真正的社会现实，而在真实的世界里，遭受失败。

他列出了11条例，认为这是学校准备学生进入社会的金科玉律。

第一：人生是不公平的，习惯就好。

第二：这世界是不照顾你的自尊，在维护你的自尊之前，你必须做出表现。

第三：你不可能一出校门就可以获得6万年薪，或成为有辆车子的副总裁。你必须去争取。

第四：如果你认为你的老师是很难应付的，等你有了上司或老板后，你就知道滋味。

第五：到快餐店去煎牛肉饼並不委屈，你的爷爷奶奶们对煎牛肉饼有另一种说法：那是机会。

第六：如果你把事情搞砸，不是你父母的错。不要埋怨发牢骚，从错误中去学习。

第七：在你出世之前，你的父母並不像现在那么沒有乐趣。他们要付你的费用，要帮你洗衣，所以在去援救天然雨林之前，先把你的衣橱整理好。

第八：学校里可能不再分优胜者或落后者，但是现实生活不是如此。在美国一些学校，废除了等级，让学生不断尝试以便及格。但在现实生活中这完全是不可能的。

第九：现实生活並沒有像在学校有不同的学段，你沒有夏日假期。沒有几个僱主会有兴趣让你有时间反省，你用自己的时间吧。

第十：电视剧並不真实，真实生活里大家都要离开咖啡座去干活。

第十一：对于卑微的人必要好好相待，很可能有一天你会替他打工。

(略)

看来学校应该把比尔盖茨的11条金科玉律，列入高中生的必考科目。 （星洲日报／情在人间‧作者：林凤英‧2007.05.06）

录自：《星洲互动》：

http://www.sinchew-i.com/commentary/ind ... 0705061132

思考：

1 比尔盖茨的11条金科玉律，你认为哪几条最有道理？为什么？


最近刚给学生读这篇文章。看了英文，才知道林凤英把第十一条译错了。

Nerd
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nerd as a stereotypical, archetypal and frequently used informally as a derogatory designation, refers to somebody who passionately pursues intellectual or esoteric knowledge or pastimes rather than engaging in social life, such as participating in organized sports or other mainstream social activities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd

[shaoshi]

另一种翻译：

1人生是不公平的，习惯去接受它吧。

2这个世界不会在乎你的自尊，这个世界期望你先做出成绩，再去强调自己的感受。

3你不会一离开学校就有百万年薪，你不会马上就是拥有专用电话的副总裁，二者你都必须靠努力赚来。

4如果你觉得你的老师很凶，等你有了老板就知道了，老板是没有工作任期保障的。

5在快餐店煎汉堡并不是作贱自己，你的祖父母对煎汉堡有完全不同的定义：机会。

6如果你一事无成，不是你父母的错，所以不要只会对自己犯的错发牢骚，从错误中去学习吧。

7在你出生前，你的父母并不像现在这般无趣，他们变成这样是因为忙着付你的开销，洗你的衣服，听你吹嘘自己有多了不起。所以在你拯救被父母这代人破坏的热带雨林前，先整理一下自己的房间吧。

8在学校里可能有赢家和输家，在人生中却还言之过早。学校可能会不断给你机会找到正确答案，真实人生中却完全不是这么回事。

9人生不是学期制，人生没有寒暑假，没有哪个雇主有兴趣协助你找寻自我，请用自己的空暇做这件事吧。

10电视上演的并不是真实的人生。真实人生中每个人都要离开咖啡厅去上班。

11对书呆子好一点，你未来很可能就为其中一个工作 。

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