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Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world doesn'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 were. 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.

Rule 11 : Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

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Whatever will I talk about today? Let's just talk about what I've done so far today....

Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Actually, I can't comb my hair as it is much too thick.

Found my way downstairs and drank a cup. Well, I live in a condo, so it was more like I found my way into the kitchen and had a nice cup of coffee WELL flavored with Hazelnut Coffeemate.

Looking up, I noticed I was late. What got me behind was I realized I forgot to write a check for Hunter's upcoming field trip then I emptied the dishwasher and I put a load of towels in the washing machine...time just got away from me.

Found my coat and grabbed my hat. To be honest, I wasn't having a bad hair day, so I didn't need my hat and due to the fact that I live in Florida, I said forget the coat, too.

Made the bus in seconds flat. I don't even think there are busses where I live, so I just took my car.

And somebody spoke and I went into a dream. Wait, that was a phone scam....that wasn't a dream. People were screaming at each other. In my dreams Madonna is having coffee with me and we are on a boat in the Mediterranean.