Interesting bulletin from Donald Trump...

Yes, I'm cheesy and Donal Trump is one of my myspace friends! So I just got this bulletin and thought it was pretty good:

INTERESTING READING IF YOU ARE A PARENT OR PLAN TO BE ONE?
Body: If more parents would have this talk with their children while they are in school, I feel they would be much better off when they got out of school and much better prepared when they joined the work force. To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice from a man I respect. DT


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 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 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.

If you agree, pass it on.

If you can read this - Thank a teacher!

If you are reading it in English -Thank a soldier!

Re: Interesting bulletin from Donald Trump...

Definitely interesting.

Re: Interesting bulletin from Donald Trump...

My philosophy - exactly. I've told my girls this. Maybe not in these exact words, but, pretty close.

Re: Interesting bulletin from Donald Trump...

Excellent advice.

If you could send Mr. Trump a note back telling him that but adding "Check your sources, it takes exactly 2 seconds to discover it was written by Charles J. Sykes, author of the book Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write,

Re: Interesting bulletin from Donald Trump...

Posted by nrthshgrl

Excellent advice.

If you could send Mr. Trump a note back telling him that but adding "Check your sources, it takes exactly 2 seconds to discover it was written by Charles J. Sykes, author of the book Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write,