An archeological team, digging in Washington DC , has uncovered 10,000 year old bones and fossil remains of what is believed to be the first Politician.
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Nea (The Front Porch) posted this and I thought it's brilliant so I pinched it. I told her first of course. This list should be given to all high school students before they start their first year of study!
From the book "Dumbing Down our Kids" by Charles J. Sykes, 1995, and is directed at high school and college graduates.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it
Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself
Rule 3: You will NOT make $40,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them
Rule 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 you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your own room
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and 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
Rule 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!
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one
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I got my Hula Hoop!
And I can still do it!
LOL, you provide a smile just when I need one! Thanks {{HUGS}} xx
ReplyDeleteThe slide show was great! I loved the We Fix Trucks one. :)
ReplyDeleteNice cheerful post! I never could hula hoop...I'm jealous!
ReplyDeleteLove the photo, love the list, and hooray with the Hoola Hoop.
ReplyDeleteHave a shimmy for me.
These are all so right on! Having taught for 30 years, I think they should be given this list in Guidance class!
ReplyDeleteHaven't tried a hula-hoop in a few years but I sure remember walking over to the store with my mom when I was 6, with 69 cents to buy a bright red one!
I wonder if kids these days will ever savour a memory as simple as that, considering their parents have probably bought them something every time they've gone out all their lives.
thanks for the chuckles!
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That politician... probably died doing what politicians do best... as you said...
ReplyDeleteYour grandmother was a very handsome woman!
I tried to watch the slides :: but is there something I have to do to make the show flip forward?
When I double clicked on the show it just got me to an upload/signin page which was not what I was looking for...
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ReplyDeleteHow typical my comment should come out twice I have tried to delete it.
ReplyDeleteWhat else was I going to say. O it's gone... Blogger has started speaking to me in GERMAN..>>???
This list was perfect! I loved it. May I copy it for my co-workers?
ReplyDeleteI don't know which I enjoyed more- the politician, the slideshow or the list you swiped from Nea-
ReplyDeleteWhat a lot of funny stuff, thanks for the laughs and have a great weekend!
ReplyDeletehaha, the pictures are great......bears a coming.......
ReplyDeleteand I loved the one about the Civil engineers.....let me guess, they were men....haha
As to the list......should be in every high school senior class a required reading. I know that i wish that I had read it when I was a Senior, it would have cleared up a lot of my misconceptions.....about life in general.
Oh, I love this! I have a burning need to slide it under my son's bedroom door, but perhaps now he's 18, I've left it a little too late!
ReplyDeleteThe 'We Fix Trucks' sign would have made my dad go into a laughing fit. It's great when I bump into these, because I can hear him laughing in my head and see his face. Two things from your slide show I hope I never see in real life: the bears on the highway, and the tornado about to touch down. Yikes!
ReplyDeletethat slide show is awesome....the one with the caution tree is just to funny...and the truck one is pretty good as well....hope you have a great weekend....cheers
ReplyDeleteare those slides for real? i don't think sso hahhaa but it's weird enough to let my imagination run wild! :)
ReplyDeletethere's a politican 10000 ago?
Great list!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure t :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it crazy working mom
I was surprised I could still hula hoop cg!
I'm shimmying, I'm shimmying Jo :)
Simple things are sometimes the best aren't they Mother of Invention?
You're so welcome Miss Bee x
Sorry you didn't get the slide show gleds I don't know why. Thanks on behalf of my grandma x
I'm sure Nead won't mind if you copy it Har after all she let me. :)
I guess you liked all three Cindy?
Glad you had a laugh Pauline, you have a great weekend too. :)
I wouldn't want to meet those bears Nea, thanks for letting me share the list. x
It's never too late Miss U :)
I wouldn't want to bump into either of those either Julia. I'm glad the picture made you think of your Dad laughing. x
You have a good weekend too Smalltown rn, glad you had a laugh. :)
I think they are real Elween. ;)
Thanks dumdad
Must be Bush's ancestor!
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful list - and great pics as well!
ReplyDeleteHehe, probably Cream.
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it Flowerpot. :0
LOL...awesome photos! I take the mechanic is a bit of a "cowboy". The Politician skeleton was brilliant and so was the "Dumbing Down Our Kids" piece...well done...loadsa laughs
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p.s. well done with the Hula Hooping! :o)
I love the list too Ruth. Hula Hooping is really hard work! I don't remember getting out of breath whilst doing it years ago!
ReplyDeleteI have that list on my fridge door because I think it's something my kids need to see.
ReplyDeleteThey think I'm crazy, but I know I'm right!
You are so right correspondent!
ReplyDeleteI just got all those weird ass things in a forward...fantastically strange! Glad you got your hula!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your Dad is feeling better!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your Dad is feeling better!
ReplyDeleteThat's how I came by them too Jenny, they truly are wierd!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mimi. x I already emailed you my new Peace Globe. :)
Interesting pictures! I've seen that list somewhere, and it certainly has some good statements!
ReplyDeletesomeone sent me this list before, but can't remember who. a chatter, i'm sure. but i think they're funny...and w the exception of #6 they're pretty accurate. i only say that about #6 because i've seen kids turn out bad because of their parents' destructive behavior...of course there's always the flipside, too...those who turn out good because of their parents' destructive behavior.
ReplyDeleteI think so too buffalodickdy
ReplyDeleteThere's always an exception Ciara.
Terrific slide show....
ReplyDeleteThanks David
ReplyDeleteAmazing.. Funny.. So true!
ReplyDeleteI thought so too Skittles :0
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