Advice For Teenagers

Advice for teenagers who think that life revolves around
them. Your parents are trying to prepare you for life
beyond high school. You think they are mean when you don't
get your way? Wait until you get out into the real world...
Parents, copy this and give it to your kids!

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 de-lousing 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.