I received a forward from my friend Mr.Srinivasan ,Mumbai on the 11 Rules of Life by Bill Gates.
I normally check the information and found that the speech is not his but a pared version “of an op-ed piece by education reformer Charles J. Sykes, best known as the author of Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good about Themselves, but Can’t Read, Write, or Add.
The op-ed was originally published in the San Diego Union-Tribune in September 1996. It began making the email rounds under Bill Gates’ name in February 2000, and has continued to do so ever since.”
But the advice is worth listening to.
I always say what is said is important than who said it.
Profound wisdom is found from the common man.
I read an article in a Tamil weekly where a man who lost his wife to Cancer( he is not rich) cycles around Tamil Nadu( he has already covered 5000 kms) to conduct awareness camps on ‘Breast Cancer’; of a legless-man who heads the Nomadss, Narikuravas, who studied law and spends his time soling their problems with out going to Court as per Law!; of a man who who spends time with children in Tamil Nadu, by playing with them and making them smile.
The last-named says
‘I do Not expect anything.A Smile from the child. I am fulfilled”
The legless-man says
‘I am making my people self-reliant and instill in them, the depressed, downtrodden and neglected” hope of the morrow.
What more can I want”
I wish I could say or do something!
To quote from Saint Tiruvalluvar.
‘எப்பொருள் யார்யார் வாய்க் கேட்பினும் அப்பொருள் மெய்ப் பொருள் காண்பது அறிவு ‘
Whatever be the source Wisdom looks for Truth’
Now to the Story of Bill gates.
BILL GATES' SPEECH TO MT. WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL in Visalia, California.
Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this!
To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice. 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 are. 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.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_bill_gates_speech.htm
Thanks, Srinivasan
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