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.
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