Rule 1: Life is fair.\u00a0 Humans are not \u2014 get used to it!<\/p>\n
Rule 2: People won\u2019t care about your self-esteem. People will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.<\/p>\n
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won\u2019t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.<\/p>\n
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.<\/p>\n
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping \u2014 they called it opportunity.<\/p>\n
Rule 6: If you mess up, it\u2019s not your parents\u2019 fault, so don\u2019t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.<\/p>\n
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren\u2019t 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\u2019s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.<\/p>\n
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\u2019ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn\u2019t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.<\/p>\n
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don\u2019t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.<\/p>\n
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.<\/p>\n
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. They are the nice ones and you might end up working for one.\u00a0 Watch out for cocky jerks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rule 1: Life is fair.\u00a0 Humans are not \u2014 get used to it! Rule 2: People won\u2019t care about your self-esteem. People 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\u2019t be a vice-president with a …
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