August 15, 2006

• I lifted this from Apple Seeds which I thought was well-said:

  Ten Rules Kids Won’t Learn In School

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  1.      Life is not
  fair. Get used to it. The average teenager uses the phrase “It’s not
  fair” 86 times a day.

  2.            
  The real world
  won’t care as much about your self-esteem as your school does. This may come as
  a shock.

  3.            
  Sorry, but you
  won’t make $40,000 a year right out of high school. And you won’t be a vice
  president or have a car phone, either. You may even have to wear a uniform that
  doesn’t have a designer label.

  4.            
  If you think
  your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss.

  5.            
  Flipping
  burgers is not beneath dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for
  burger flipping. They called it opportunity.

  6.            
  It’s not your
  parents’ fault if you mess up. You’re responsible! This is the flip side of
  “It’s my life” and “You’re not my boss.”

  7.            
  Before you were
  born your parents were not boring. They got that way paying your bills and
  listening to you.

  8.            
  Life is not
  divided into semesters. And you don’t get summers off. Not even spring break.
  You are expected to show up every day for eight hours; and you don’t get a new
  life every 10 weeks.

  9.            
  Smoking does
  not make you look cool. Watch an 11-year-old with a butt in his mouth. That’s
  what you look like to anyone over 20.

  10.        
  Your school may
  be “outcome-based,” but life is not. In some schools, you’re given as
  many times as you want to get the answer right. Standards are set low enough so
  everyone can meet them. This, of course, bears not the slightest resemblance to
  anything in real life—as you will find out.

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