This should be posted in every single classroom , boardroom , break room , and bedroom in America ! !! ~ Bill Gates ~ This should be posted in every school or kid ' s bedroom . 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 eleven ( 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 . If you can read this . .. Thank a Teacher . If you can read this in English . .. Thank a Soldier ! And for life and everything else you have . .. Thank God ! ! Now . ... think about this and smile . .. In God We Trust