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這是杯子的弟弟寄給杯子的email，杯子覺得比爾蓋茲說得太好了，可以給所有的人參考！

但是後來杯子的同學提醒我，這是2000年時的舊聞，但是今天看來，12年前的舊聞依然是鐵律，所以杯子不才，試著把他翻譯成中文，希望能給更多的人看到，然後再思考一下自己目前的處境，和自己對目前處境的反應……

人生很多的時候，不是爽不爽，就可以解決事情的。

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比爾蓋茲最近在一所高中的畢業典禮上發表了一篇演說，主題是在學校沒有教的11件事！他討論了關於自我感覺良好、為何教出了一代對現實沒有概念的小孩、而這些錯誤的概念，又如何造成這一代在現實生活中的失敗。

第1件： 生命是不公平的 ─ 習慣它吧！

第2件：世界不會有人在乎你的尊嚴是什麼！在你自我感覺良好之前，最好先問問自己成就了什麼。

第3件： 在你剛剛高中畢業之後，你不會立刻拿到年薪六萬美金的工作；你也不會成為一個有著汽車電話的副總裁！但有一天，你可能會同時得到這兩樣東西。

第4課：如果你認為你現在的老師就很嚴厲，那....等你將來有個老闆之後，你才會知道什麼才叫嚴厲！

第5件：職業無分貴賤，你的祖父母那一輩，對於基層的工作，他們稱之為工作機會。

第6件：如果你搞砸了什麼事，那絕對不是你父母的錯，所以不要僅是對自己犯下的錯誤發牢騷，應該要記取教訓並由錯誤中學習。

 
第7件：在你誕生之前，你的父母並不像現在那般地無趣，但現在他們必須償付生活中的帳單、清洗你的髒衣服和聽你談論自己有多酷！所以在你批評自己的父母之前，請先檢討自己的所作所為。

 
第8件：你唸的高中也許已經將贏家和輸家給區分出來，但是你的人生卻還沒有分出輸贏！也有的高中已經將不及格的制度給廢除了，學校會在考試中，給你足夠的時間讓你去得到對的答案，但是同樣地，這樣的事也不會在人生中發生！

第9件：人生不是學期制，也沒有暑假，只有極少數的雇主有興趣幫你尋找自我，因此請利用自己的時間去做這件事。

第10件：電視上演的並不是真實的人生！在現實裏，所有人都必須離開咖啡廳去工作。

 
第11件：請對那些同儕之中怪人好一點，天知道那一天，他們會是你的老闆。

如果你同意上面的論點，請用力地傳閱。

如果你正在閱讀這篇文章，請感謝你的老師。

如果你是以英文閱讀這篇文章，請感謝保家衛國的軍人。

                           ********  原文如下 *********

Bill Gates recently gave a Commencement speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

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 delousing 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.

If you agree, pass it on.

If you can read this - Thank a teacher!

If you are reading it in English - Thank a soldier!!