A cat named Charles Sykes has written a book I just have to have in my library: 50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School: Real-World Antidotes to Feel-Good Education
1. Life is not fair. Get used to it.
2. The real world does not care as much as your school does about your self-esteem. It'll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
3. Sorry, you won't make sixty thousand dollars a year right out of high school. And you won't be a vice president or have a company car. You might have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a designer label.
4. You are not entitled...
5. No matter what your daddy says, you are not a princess.
6. No you cannot be everything you dream.
7. If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He won't have tenure, so he'll tend to be a bit edgier. When you screw up he's not going to ask you how you FEEL about it.
8. Your navel is not that interesting. Don't spend your life gazing at it.
9. You 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 the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblence to ANYTHING in real life.
10. Life is actually more like dodgeball than your gym teacher thinks.
11. After you graduate you won't be competing against rivals who were raised to be wimps on the playground.
12. Humiliation is a part of life. Deal with it.
13. You're not going to the NBA so hold off the bling and spare us the attitude.
14. Looking like a slut does not empower you.
15. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for flipping burgers, 'opportunity'.
16. Your parents and your little brother are not as embarrassing as you think. What's embarrassing is ingratitude, rudeness, and sulkiness.
17. Your parents weren't as boring before you were born as they are now. They got that way paying your bills, driving you around, saving for your education, cleaning up your room, and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are.
18. Life is not divided into semesters and you don't get summers off.
19. It's not your parent's fault. If you screw up, it's your responsibility.
20. Smoking does not make you look cool. It makes you look moronic.
21. You're offended. So what? No, really, So what?
22. You're not a victim, so stop whining.
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