1. Life is not fair, get used to it.
2. The world will not care about your self esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
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.
4. If you think your teacher was tough, wait until you get a boss who doesn’t have tenure.
5. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity, your grandparents had a different word for it:opportunity.
6. If you mess up, it’s not your parent’s fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes.
7. Before you were born your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way paying bills, cleaning clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you are.
8. Television is not real life, in real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop for a job.
9. Be nice to nerds, chances are you’ll end up working for one.
