Life Is Not Fair

Life Is Not Fair

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 $40,000 a year right out of high school, and 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. He doesn't have tenure.
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 screw 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 paying your bills, cleaning your room, and listening to you tell how idealistic you are.
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 give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This, of course, bears no 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.
Rule 12: Living fast and dying young is romantic, only until you see someone you know, at room temperature.

Copyright © 1998 Griffin Web Design. All rights reserved.
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks of their respective companies.