11 reglas de la vida que no aprenderas en la escuela / 11 Rules of Life you won't learn in school.

Regla 1: La vida no es justa -- Acostumbrate!

Regla 2: Al mundo no le importa tu autoestima. El mundo espera que tu logres algo ANTES de sentirte bien acerca de ti mismo.

Regla 3: No ganaras $60,000 al año inmediatamente al salir de la escuela. No vas a ser vice-presidente de una compañia inmediatamente al salir de la escuela.

Regla 4: Si tu piensas que tus padres son exigentes, espera a que tengas un jefe.

Regla 5: Voltear hamburguesas no esta por debajo de tu dignidad. Tus abuelos le llamaban diferente al voltear hamburguesas, ellos le llamaban "oportunidad"

Regla 6: Si tu te equivocas, no es culpa de tus padres, asi que no andes lloriqueando con ellos por tus errores, aprende de ellos.

Regla 7: Antes de que tu nacieras, tus padres no eran tan aburridos como lo parecen ahora. Ellos se pusieron asi por pagar tus cuentas, lavar tu ropa y cuidar de ti, y escuchar lo 'cool' que piensas que eres. Asi que antes de ir a salvar la selva de los parasitos de la generacion de tus papas, que tal si mejor limpias tu propia habitacion?

Regla 8: Tu escuela quizas se salio con la suya generando ganadores y perdedores, pero la VIDA NO!. En algunas escualas han erradicado las calificaciones reprobatorias, y te dan tantas oportunidades para pasar como las necesites. Esto no tiene ni la mas remota semejanza con la vida real.

Regla 9: La vida no esta dividida en semestres. Al salir de la escuela no hay 'descansos de verano' y muy pocos jefes y empresas se interesan en ayudarte a encontrarte a ti mismo. Tu tienes que hacer eso solo y en tu tiempo libre!

Regla 10: La television NO ES VIDA REAL!. En la vida real, la gente no descubre que tiene un papa millonario y que un perro habla. (mexicanizado)

Regla 11: Se amable con los Nerds. Es altamente probable que termines trabajando para uno de ellos.

Aqui el original en ingles:

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 $60,000 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 thought you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's 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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Encontre el escrito original de este post, resulta que fue escrito por Charles J. Sykes para el San Diego Union Tribune y publicado el September 19, 1996.

Aqui el texto original:

Some rules kids won't learn in school

Text By Charles J. Sykes

Printed in San Diego Union Tribune

September 19, 1996

Unfortunately, there are some things that children should be learning in school, but don't. Not all of them have to do with academics. As a modest back-to-school offering, here are some basic rules that may not have found their way into the standard curriculum.

Rule No. 1: Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teen-ager uses the phrase, "It's not fair" 8.6 times a day. You got it from your parents, who said it so often you decided they must be the most idealistic generation ever. When they started hearing it from their own kids, they realized Rule No. 1.

Rule No. 2: The real world won't care as much about your self-esteem as much as your school does. It'll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. This may come as a shock. Usually, when inflated self-esteem meets reality, kids complain it's not fair. (See Rule No. 1)

Rule No. 3: Sorry, you won't make $40,000 a year right out of high school. And you won't be a vice president or have a car phone either. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a Gap label.

Rule No. 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait 'til you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, he's not going to ask you how you feel about it.

Rule No. 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grand-parents had a different word of burger flipping. They called it opportunity. They weren't embarrassed making minimum wage either. They would have been embarrassed to sit around talking about Kurt Cobain all weekend.

Rule No. 6: It's not your parents' fault. If you screw up, you are

responsible. This is the flip side of "It's my life," and "You're not the boss of me," and other eloquent proclamations of your generation. When you turn 18, it's on your dime. Don't whine about it, or you'll sound like a baby boomer.

Rule No. 7: Before you were born your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way paying your bills, cleaning up your room and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are. And by the way, before you save the rain forest from the blood-sucking parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your bedroom.

Rule No. 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers. Life hasn't. In some schools, they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. Failing grades have been abolished and class valedictorians scrapped, lest anyone's feelings be hurt. Effort is as important as results. This, of course, bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in real life. (See Rule No. 1, Rule No. 2 and Rule No. 4)

Rule No. 9: Life is not divided into semesters, and you don't get summers off. Not even Easter break. They expect you to show up every day. For eight hours. And you don't get a new life every 10 weeks. It just goes on and on. While we're at it, very few jobs are interesting in fostering your self-expression or helping you find yourself. Fewer still lead to self-realization. (See Rule No. 1 and Rule No. 2.)

Rule No. 10: Television is not real life. Your life is not a sitcom. Your problems will not all be solved in 30 minutes, minus time for commercials. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to jobs. Your friends will not be as perky or pliable as Jennifer Aniston.

Rule No. 11: Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.

Rule No. 12: Smoking does not make you look cool. It makes you look moronic. Next time you're out cruising, watch an 11-year-old with a butt in his mouth. That's what you look like to anyone over 20. Ditto for "expressing yourself" with purple hair and/or pierced body parts.

Rule No. 13: You are not immortal. (See Rule No. 12.) If you are under the impression that living fast, dying young and leaving a beautiful corpse is romantic, you obviously haven't seen one of your peers at room temperature lately.

Rule No. 14: Enjoy this while you can. Sure parents are a pain, school's a bother, and life is depressing. But someday you'll realize how wonderful it was to be a kid. Maybe you should start now.

You're welcome.