In Bill Gates" Book for high school and college graduates, there is a list of 11 things they did not learn in school. In his book, Bill Gates talks about how feelgood, politically-correct teachings created a full generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this education set them up for failure in the real world.
在比尔·盖茨写给高中毕业生和大学毕业生的书里,有一个单子上面列有11项学生没能在学校里学到的事情。比尔·盖茨在书中谈到让你感觉良好的"政治上正确"的教导培养出一整代不知现实为何物的年轻人,这种教育只能导致他们成为现实世界中的失败者。
The 11 things are: 这11项事情是:
1. Life is not fair, get used to it.
1. 生活是不公平的;要去适应它。
2. The world won"t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
2.这世界并不会在意你的自尊。这世界指望你在自我感觉良好之前先要有所成就。
3. You will not make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won"t be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.
3.高中刚毕业你不会一年挣4万美元。你不会成为一个公司的副总裁,并拥有一部装有电话的汽车,直到你将此职位和汽车电话都挣到手。
4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn"t have tenure.
4.如果你认为你的老师严厉,等你有了老板再这样想。老板可是没有任期限制的。
5. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.
5.烙牛肉饼并不有损你的尊严。你的祖父母对烙牛肉饼可有不同的定义;他们称它为机遇。
6. If you mess up, it"s not your parents" fault, so don"t whine about our mistakes, learn from them.
6.如果你陷入困境,那不是你父母的过错,所以不要尖声抱怨我们的错误,要从中吸取教训。