這篇文章其實(shí)在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上流傳甚廣，大家一定也會(huì)覺(jué)得非常的熟悉。許多人都認(rèn)為這是出自世界首富Bill Gates之口，但微軟卻加以否認(rèn)。后來(lái)有人查實(shí)，此篇其實(shí)來(lái)自美國(guó)作家Charles J.Sykee的《 Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can’t Read, Write , Or Add》一書(shū)。文中闡述了許多學(xué)生在教科書(shū)上學(xué)不到的道理，非常有啟發(fā)性，發(fā)人深思。
These rules are for high school and college graduates about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school.
The 11 things are :
◎Life is not fair, get used to it.
◎The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
◎You will not make $40,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.
◎If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure.
◎Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.
◎If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about our mistakes, learn from them.
◎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 rain forest from the parasites of your parents’ generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
◎Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; 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.
◎Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interesting in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
◎Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
◎Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
這些箴言是寫(xiě)給高中畢業(yè)生和大學(xué)畢業(yè)生的，列有11項(xiàng)學(xué)生在學(xué)校里沒(méi)有學(xué)過(guò)也不會(huì)學(xué)到的事情。
這11項(xiàng)事情是：
◎生活是不公平的，適應(yīng)它吧。
◎這世界并不會(huì)在意你的自尊。這世界指望你在對(duì)自己感覺(jué)滿(mǎn)意之前先要有所成就。
◎高中剛畢業(yè)你不會(huì)一年掙四萬(wàn)美元。你不會(huì)成為一個(gè)公司的副總裁，不會(huì)擁有一部汽車(chē)電話，直到你將此職位和汽車(chē)電話都掙到手。
◎如果你認(rèn)為你的老師嚴(yán)厲，等你有了老板再下結(jié)論吧。老板可是沒(méi)有任期限制的。
◎烙牛肉餅的（下等）工作不會(huì)損壞你的尊嚴(yán)。你的祖父母對(duì)烙牛肉餅可有不同的定義；他們稱(chēng)它為機(jī)遇。
◎如果你陷入困境，那不是你父母的過(guò)錯(cuò)，所以不要尖聲抱怨自己的錯(cuò)誤，要從中吸取教訓(xùn)。
◎在你出生之前，你的父母并非像他們現(xiàn)在這樣乏味。他們變成今天這個(gè)樣子是因?yàn)檫@些年來(lái)他們一直在為你付賬單，給你洗衣服，聽(tīng)你大談自己是多么的酷。所以，如果你想消滅你父母那一輩子留下的寄生蟲(chóng)來(lái)拯救雨林的話，還是先去清除你房間衣柜里的蟲(chóng)子吧。
◎你的學(xué)校也許已經(jīng)不再分優(yōu)等生和劣等生了，但生活卻仍在做出類(lèi)似區(qū)分。在某些學(xué)校已經(jīng)廢除不及格分，只要你想找到正確答案，學(xué)校就會(huì)給你無(wú)數(shù)的機(jī)會(huì)。這和現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的任何事情沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)相似之處。
◎生活不分學(xué)期。你并沒(méi)有暑假可以休息，也沒(méi)有幾位雇主樂(lè)于幫你發(fā)現(xiàn)自我。還是自己找時(shí)間做吧。
◎電視并不是真實(shí)的生活。在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中，人們還是得離開(kāi)咖啡屋去干自己的工作。
◎善待討厭的人。有可能到頭來(lái)你會(huì)為一個(gè)你討厭的人工作。
These rules are for high school and college graduates about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school.
The 11 things are :
◎Life is not fair, get used to it.
◎The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
◎You will not make $40,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.
◎If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure.
◎Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.
◎If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about our mistakes, learn from them.
◎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 rain forest from the parasites of your parents’ generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
◎Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; 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.
◎Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interesting in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
◎Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
◎Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
這些箴言是寫(xiě)給高中畢業(yè)生和大學(xué)畢業(yè)生的，列有11項(xiàng)學(xué)生在學(xué)校里沒(méi)有學(xué)過(guò)也不會(huì)學(xué)到的事情。
這11項(xiàng)事情是：
◎生活是不公平的，適應(yīng)它吧。
◎這世界并不會(huì)在意你的自尊。這世界指望你在對(duì)自己感覺(jué)滿(mǎn)意之前先要有所成就。
◎高中剛畢業(yè)你不會(huì)一年掙四萬(wàn)美元。你不會(huì)成為一個(gè)公司的副總裁，不會(huì)擁有一部汽車(chē)電話，直到你將此職位和汽車(chē)電話都掙到手。
◎如果你認(rèn)為你的老師嚴(yán)厲，等你有了老板再下結(jié)論吧。老板可是沒(méi)有任期限制的。
◎烙牛肉餅的（下等）工作不會(huì)損壞你的尊嚴(yán)。你的祖父母對(duì)烙牛肉餅可有不同的定義；他們稱(chēng)它為機(jī)遇。
◎如果你陷入困境，那不是你父母的過(guò)錯(cuò)，所以不要尖聲抱怨自己的錯(cuò)誤，要從中吸取教訓(xùn)。
◎在你出生之前，你的父母并非像他們現(xiàn)在這樣乏味。他們變成今天這個(gè)樣子是因?yàn)檫@些年來(lái)他們一直在為你付賬單，給你洗衣服，聽(tīng)你大談自己是多么的酷。所以，如果你想消滅你父母那一輩子留下的寄生蟲(chóng)來(lái)拯救雨林的話，還是先去清除你房間衣柜里的蟲(chóng)子吧。
◎你的學(xué)校也許已經(jīng)不再分優(yōu)等生和劣等生了，但生活卻仍在做出類(lèi)似區(qū)分。在某些學(xué)校已經(jīng)廢除不及格分，只要你想找到正確答案，學(xué)校就會(huì)給你無(wú)數(shù)的機(jī)會(huì)。這和現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中的任何事情沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)相似之處。
◎生活不分學(xué)期。你并沒(méi)有暑假可以休息，也沒(méi)有幾位雇主樂(lè)于幫你發(fā)現(xiàn)自我。還是自己找時(shí)間做吧。
◎電視并不是真實(shí)的生活。在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中，人們還是得離開(kāi)咖啡屋去干自己的工作。
◎善待討厭的人。有可能到頭來(lái)你會(huì)為一個(gè)你討厭的人工作。