10 rules you were never taught in school

Seeing the culmination of another year and the graduation of another class made me stop and ponder how long it has actually been since my glorious school years. 5 Years on I have realised life teaches you things that school never did. Bill Gates sums it up well in a stark 10 point list...

//Rule 001
Life is not fair - get used to it!

//Rule 002
The world won't care about your self-esteem.
The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.

//Rule 003
You will not make $80,000 a year right out of high school.

//Rule 004
Teachers arent tough/mean.
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

//Rule 005
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

//Rule 006
If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault.
So don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

//Rule 007
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now.
They got that way from paying your phone bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you think you were. So before become a famous rock star try cleaning your room and helping out.

//Rule 008
You don’t have 5 times to get life right.
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not.

//Rule 009
Life is not divided into semesters/terms.
You don't get 2 months off over christmas and very few employers are interested In helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

//Rule 010
Television is not real life.
In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.


- Bill Gates