Humor: 10 rules children won't learn in school
Suby Wallace
>
>1. Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teenager uses the
>phrase "It's not fair" 86 times a day.
>
>2. The real world won't care as much about your self-esteem as your
>school does. This may come as a shock.
>
>3. Sorry, you won't make $40,000 a year right out of high school. And
>you won't be vice president or have a car phone, either. You may even
>have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a designer label.
>
>4. If you think your teacher is rough, wait until 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. It's not your parents' fault if you mess up. You're responsible.
>This is the flip side of "It's my life" and "You're not my boss."
>
>7. Before you were born, your parents weren't boring. They got that way
>paying your bills and listening to you.
>
>8. Life is not divided into semesters. And you don't get summers off.
>Not even spring break. You are expected to show up every day for eight
>hours, and you don't get a new life every 10 weeks.
>
>9. Smoking does not make you look cool. Watch an 11-year-old with a
>butt in his mouth. That's what you look like to anyone over 20.
>
>10. Your school may be "outcome-based," but life isn't. In some
>schools, you're given as many times as you want to get the answer rigt.
>Standards are set low enough so everyone can meet them. This, of
>course, bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in real life --
>as you will find out.
>
>
Suby Wallace, Librarian/Media Specialist
Nettleton Intermediate Center (5-6 grades)
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Jonesboro, AR 72401
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