The Golden Rule
1. Life is not fair； get used to it.
2. The world won’t 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， until you earn both.
4. If you think your teacher is tough， wait till you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure.
5. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping； they called it opportunity.
6. If you mess up， it’s not your parents’ fault， so don’t whine about your mistakes， learn from them.
7. Before you were born， your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills， cleaning your clothes and listening to your talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rainforest from the parasites of your parents’ generation， try “delousing” the closet in your own room.
8. Your school may have done away with winners and losers， but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades； they’ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to anything in real life.
9. Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
10. Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
11. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
1．生活并不公平，去适应它。
2．这个世界不会顾及你的自尊，却期望你在自我感觉良好前有所成就。
3．刚走出高中校门，你不可能一年挣到4万美元。你不会成为配有轿车的副总裁，直到你挣到两者为止。
4．如果你认为你的老师是严厉的，当你有了老板时等着瞧吧！他是无限期任职的。