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I know we ´re not supposed to advertise other people ´s worksheets here, leave alone our own. But I came across something that is really full of wisdom concerning school. It ´s a worksheet quoting Bill Gates ´ 11 rules given to students in California - it ´s about success in life, in school, and about growing up, I guess. Please don ´t see this as advertising. It ´s about teaching and I hope you won ´t be writing me aggressive private messages for not respecting the rules. You ´ll find the ws here:
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He
won’t have any patience to teachyou.
Your school may have finished with the concept of winners and losers
but life has not. In someschools they have abolished
failing marks and they ´ll give you as many times as you want topassyour
exams. This doesn ´t have the slightestresemblance to ANYTHING in
real life.
Life is not divided into semesters. You don ´t get summers off
and very fewemployers areinterested inhelpingyou find yourself. Do that on your own free
time.
Before you were born, your parents weren ´t as boring as they are now.
They got that way frompaying yourbills, cleaning your clothes and listening
toyou talk about how cool you are. So,before you save the
forest from the parasites of your parents ´ generation, try delousingyourown room
Once I imagine you are talking about one of my ppt presentations, let me add something. And before I add it, let me make it very clear that I am not asking you to download this presentation. If you google Bill Gates speech teeangers California, you will easily find it. And if you want the text I can send it to you. Just pm me and I will be glad to send it to your personal email address, with no points for me. First, this was not written by Bill Gates. I think it is just one of the legends that go around the Internet. In fact these rules were put forth by Charles Sykes in his book Dumbing Down our Kids. My fourteen-year-old son has it printed and pinned to the wall in his bedroom in such a way that it is the first thing he sees when he wakes up in the morning. It is a wonderful input for conversation especially for teenagers who in a great majority still think that the world owes them something while their greatest contribution to life is playing games in their computers and complaining that dinner is not ready yet.
The ideas coming from the text are really interesting and absolutely true. The only snag I find is the messenger: I don ´t think Bill Gates, who has had several cases judged in court, is the best example for any ss to follow suit...
