Shoe phones, OTOH... 
Posted on 05/25/2010 6:46:34 PM PDT by Kimmers
Rule #1. Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teenager uses the phrase "it's not fair" 8.6 times a day. You got it from your parents, who said it so often you decided they must be the most idealistic generation ever. When they started hearing it from their own kids, they realized Rule #1.
Rule #2. The real world won't care as much about your self-esteem as your school does. It'll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. This may come as a shock. Usually, when inflated self-esteem meets reality, kids complain that it's not fair. (See Rule No. 1)
Rule #3. Sorry, you won't make $50,000 a year right out of high school. And you won't be a vice president or have a car phone either. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a Gap label.
Rule #4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait 'til you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, he is not going ask you how feel about it.
Rule #5. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it opportunity. They weren't embarrassed making minimum wage either. They would have been embarrassed to sit around talking about Edward Cullen all weekend.
Rule #6. It's not your parents' fault. If you screw up, you are responsible. This is the flip side of "It's my life," and "You're not the boss of me," and other eloquent proclamations of your generation. When you turn 18, it's on your dime. Don't whine about it or you'll sound like a Gen Xer.
Rule #7. Before you were born your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way paying your bills, cleaning up your room and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are. And by the way, before you save the rain forest from the blood-sucking parasites of your parents' generation try delousing the closet in your bedroom.
Rule #8. Life is not divided into semesters, and you don't get summers off. Nor even Easter break. They expect you to show up every day. For eight hours. And you don't get a new life every 10 weeks. It just goes on and on.
Rule #9. Television is not real life. Your life is not a sitcom. Your problems will not all be solved in 30 minutes, minus time for commercials. In real life, people actually have to leave the sandwich shop to go to jobs. Your friends will not be perky or as polite as Selena Gomez.
Rule #10. Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.
Rule #11. Enjoy this while you can. Sure, parents are a pain, school's a bother, and life is depressing. But someday you'll realize how wonderful it was to be kid. Maybe you should start now.
#1 Life rule = Might is Right
Thanks!! I’m a high school teacher and this will be my devotion tomorrow!!!
I am going to share it with my boys. Wednesday is their last day of school.
College was the best time of my life. I was a fool not to really appreciate it when I was living it.
Shoe phones, OTOH...
LAZARUS LONG
I had a professor in college that made it his mission to drill in this lesson. He was a retired company president that taught college business courses to have something to do in his retirement, so he really didn't give a d@mn what people thought. He was also VERY conservative, which was a rarity in itself.
If you made the mistake of saying something in class that you couldn't back up with research or evidence or if, god forbid, you said "I think..." or "In my opinion..." he would go ballistic. His tirade usually went something like, "You are a sophomore in college, sitting here on either mommy and daddy's or the US taxpayers dime! You have accomplished NOTHING! You have experienced NOTHING! What you "think" or your "opinion" means NOTHING! Until you can back up your statements with evidence from people that have accomplished something, sit down, shut up, and don't waste my time!
It was beautiful! I saw some liberals reduced to to tears and quickly drop the class or even in some cases change their majors.
I just read that to my wife. Thanks for making our evening. Very funny!
We need more educators and politcal leaders like him.......
Things my kids won’t learn in home school, but will figure out when they go off to college:
1. Your parents really are pretty good parents. You know all those times we were “mean” or “hypocritical?” When you tell your “bad parent” stories you will get no sympathy. That was nothing, nothing compared to the way some of your peers were reared.
2. You are actually not a nerd. You are a lot more confident and secure than you realize. “Home schooled” is not stamped on your forehead and you will fit in with the serious students quite well.
3. Pornography is really, really easy to get hold of.
4. So are drugs.
5. Most of your college peers have actually never heard the gospel. It’s not that they just haven’t accepted it. They don’t know it. Try asking them what the gospel is. Most have nothing but a very general idea.
6. You are capable of learning anything. Unless you have some sort of serious learning disability, nothing is too hard to learn.
7. Life, however, is hard. It is hard to live within your means and go without. Almost no one seems to understand that until they leave home. Money is tight. Wow, your parents weren’t cheap. They actually sacrificed a great deal to get you where you are, after all.
8. You can’t count on most people. It will probably break your heart. But remember, you family and your friends at home, for the most part, are steadfast.
9. Some professors have absolutely no idea what they are doing. Also, some are malicious jerks who should not be in any sort of teaching position. Some of their behavior will shock you.
10. It is a lot harder to pursue your spiritual life without your parents dragging you to church and etc. It will be a litmus test. Do you still pray, read your Bible, think about spiritual things, witness, and attend worship services? Or were you just doing these things because it was the normal course of events at home?
This list has been going around for a while.
I like this. I have worked minimum wage. Both pumping gas, and doing manual, menial labor (landscaping). You know, those kinds of jobs that the bleeding heart 'rats (aka "liberals" and socialists) claim most Americans won't do - and that's why we should let illegals in Country to do them. I say h*ll no - if it was good enough for me, it's good enough for my kids, you, and/or your kids. It teaches values. You work all day in the hot sun, buying an ice cold beer with your own money that you earned makes it taste all the better.
I recall seeing it several times over the years. Don’t know who Edward Cullen is though.
Here is some specific studying advice for homeschoolers leaving for college (I teach advanced homeschool classes, and these are the “biggies” - the things I’ve noticed homeschoolers do tend to have trouble with):
1. If something is “too hard” you won’t be allowed to jump to another project of your own choosing. Do the project, paper, etc AS THE PROFESSOR TELLS YOU TO. It’s amazing how when the students come in to me- they will say something like, “I didn’t understand/want to/or didn’t have the book to do what you asked, so I just made something totally different and isn’t it great.” That’s the way many parents conduct their homeschool - a little less structured. The problem is, when they get to college you have to do what the professor expects, not what would edify you. And yes, that’s not right. But it’s a sad way of the world.
2. Learn to give respect in a group setting. I’ve seen a lot of HS’s have problems with this; many are such individualists they’ve never learned to follow group rules, like lining up or sitting quietly in a group.
Parents tend not to enforce rules of silence in the home when they are teaching, so homeschoolers can be incredible chatterboxes and noisemakers; they tend to speak without raising hands and such. Things parents can be lenient with, like humming and tapping can’t be done in a class.
3. A small one, but a biggie for college: Learn to OUTLINE. It’s the biggest problem I’ve had with Homeschool kids; many have never learned how to outline on their own. It’s not a skill you need when learning in a class of one.
They get into my lectures and have no idea how to properly take notes. The first homework I assign my Highschool homeschoolers are notetaking exercises.
4. If you lose your assignment, you better find a way to get it. It’s not the teacher’s responsiblity to make sure you have it. Call a classmate. Mom’s not there to chase you down anymore and make sure you do your own assignment everyday. You need to be a self starter.
Outsiders love to claim homeschoolers aren’t “socialized”. What a laugh. The problem is the exact opposite - homeschoolers are SO social the usual static and unnatural environment of the classroom is something they often find inhibiting and uncomfortable. The three problems I have pointed out above are the biggest problems I see them have.
I like that....thank you for posting
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