Rules for real life: To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice. Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a high school about 11 things they did not & will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality & how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Reality rules:

1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.

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 till you earn both.

4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity. 

6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

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 & 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 your own room closet.

8: Your school may have done away with winners & losers, but life has not. In some schools they’ve abolished failing grades & 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.

9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off & employers aren’t interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.

10: Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one. ••If you can read this, thank a teacher! If you are reading it in English, thank a soldier!

NEW PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION 

The following has been attributed to State Representative Mitchell Kaye from GA. This 
guy should run for President one day...

"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, 
restore some assemblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote 
positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our 
great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some 
common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other 
liberal bed-wetters. We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are 
confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."

ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of 
wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing 
anything.

ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on 
freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, 
turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of idiots, and 
probably always will be.

ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in 
your eye, learn to be more careful; do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and 
all your relatives independently wealthy.

ARTI CLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most 
charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly 
growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes 
who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch 
potatoes. (This one is my pet peeve...get an education and go to work....don't expect 
everyone else to take care of you!)

ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from 
the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.

ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, 
rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see 
you fry in the electric chair.

ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or 
coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us 
get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big 
screen color TV or a life of leisure.

ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and 
will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the 
opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful. 
(AMEN!)

ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you 
have the right to 
PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an 
over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of 
Rights.

ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, 
English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from! (Lastly....)

ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This 
country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to 
believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase 
IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with 
it, TOUGH!

If you agree, share this with a friend. No, you don't have to, and nothing tragic will befall 
you if you don't. It's about time common sense is allowed to flourish. Sensible people of 
the United States speak out because if you do not, who will?