Words of Wisdom To Graduates

Charles Sykes is the author of DUMBING DOWN OUR KIDS. He volunteered for high school and college graduates a list of eleven things they did not  learn in school. In his book, he talks about how the 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 them.

         

• Life is not fair; get used to it.
• The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to  accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
• 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.
• If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
• Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your  mistakes. Learn from them.
• 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. 
• 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, of course, doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
• 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. 
• Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. 
• Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.