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/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 until 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 are. So before you save the rainforest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your bedroom.
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 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 probably end up working for one.
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Paul: "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear's path, and only I will remain."
Duke Leto: "I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." - "Dune."
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/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 until 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 are. So before you save the rainforest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your bedroom.
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 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 probably end up working for one.
Paul: "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear's path, and only I will remain."
Duke Leto: "I'll miss the sea, but a person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing him to grow. Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." - "Dune."