OFF TOPIC BUT QUITE INTERESTING
- To: "'perennials'" , "'rose list'"
- Subject: OFF TOPIC BUT QUITE INTERESTING
- From: S* S*
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:22:08 -0800
You may have seen the first part of this before. But read through to the
end -- QUITE INTERESTING!
>
> > STAY WITH THIS 'TIL THE END
> >following was written by Charles Sykes.
> >
> >He wrote for high school and college graduates a list of 11
> things they did
> >not learn in school. In his book, he talks about how to feel-good,
> >politically correct teachings created a generation of kids
> with no concept
> >of
> >reality, and set them up for failure in the real world. You
> may want to
> >share
> >this list with some you know.
> >
> >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 40 thousand dollars 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. He doesn't
> >have
> >tenure.
> >
> >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 are. So before you save the rain
> forest from
> the
> >
> >parasites of your parents' 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; 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.
> The answer to
> >the eternal question "Is it better to be a jock or a nerd?":
> >
> >Michael Jordan made over $300,000 a game. That equals
> $10,000 a minute, at
> >an average of 30 minutes per game. With $40 million in
> endorsements, he
> made
> >
> >$178,100 a day, working or not. If he sleeps 7 hours a
> night, he makes
> >$52,000 every night while visions of sugarplums dance in his
> head. If he
> >goes to see a movie,
> >it'll cost him $7.00, but he'll make $18,550 while he's there. If he
> >decides
> >to have a 5-minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it. He makes
> >$7,415/hr
> >more than minimum wage. He'll make $3,710 while watching
> each episode of
> >Friends. If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX
> ($90,000), it would
> >take
> >him a whole 12 hours. If someone were to hand him his salary and
> >endorsement
> >money, they would have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every
> second. He'll
> >
> >probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will
> be reimbursed
> >$33,390 for that round. Assuming he puts the federal maximum
> of 15% of his
> >income into a tax deferred account (401k), he
> >will hit the federal cap of $9500 at 8:30 a.m. on January
> 1st. If you were
> >given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you 'd be living
> comfortably at
> >$65,000 a year.
> >He'll make about $19.60 while watching the 100-meter dash in
> the Olympics.
> >He'll make about $15,600 during the Boston Marathon. While the common
> person
> >
> >is spending about $20 for a meal in his trendy Chicago
> restaurant, he'll
> >pull
> >in about $5600. In his last year, he made more than twice
> as much as all
> US
> >
> >past presidents for all of their terms combined.
> >
> >However, if Jordan saves 100% of his income for the next 250
> years, he'll
> >still have less than Bill Gates has today. Game over. Nerd wins.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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