Bill Gates: 10 Things Schools Don't Teach (and Kids Should Know)

Let's take notes on how not to waste the opportunity to educate children well with the rules of the founder of Microsoft

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Bill Gates: 10 things school doesn't teach

10 Things You Should Know That Schools Don't Teach, According to Bill Gates

Learn right away the value of work, humility and perseverance and above all stop throwing childish tantrums: let's dust off the speech that Bill Gates held in a high school on 10 things that school doesn't teach you, but that you should learn as quickly as possible. Do it to your children, so they won't waste opportunities to grow thanks to the pearls of the founder of ecosystem.

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  • Rule 1: Life is unfair: get used to it!
  • Rule 2: The world doesn't care about yours self-esteem. The world expects you to accomplish something before you can enjoy it yourself.
  • Rule 3: You don't earn $60.000 a year right out of school. You don't get a phone and company car until you earn those privileges.
  • Rule 4: If you think your teacher is hard on you, wait until you have a boss.
  • Rule 5: Working in a chip shop doesn't mean "lowering yourself." Your grandparents They used a different word to describe this situation: they called it “opportunity.”

Bill Gates: 10 things school doesn't teach

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  • Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault. Stop whining and learn from your mistakes.
  • Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now!
    They have become like this
    * to pay your bills;
    * to clean your clothes;
    * by repeating endlessly how good and intelligent you are.
    So, before you save the rainforests from the parasites of your parents' generation, start cleaning your room and tidying up everything in it.
  • Rule 8: In some schools, grades and assessments have been abolished and you have been given opportunities to be promoted: this is not the case in real life!
  • Rule 9: Life isn't divided into semesters. Summer isn't a vacation period. And very few employers are willing to help you get hired: it's your responsibility.
  • Rule 10: Television isn't a reflection of reality. In real life, people leave their coffee half-finished and go to work.

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