[教育] Bill Gates’ 11 Rules of Life 比爾蓋茲的十一項人生準則

這是一篇網路流傳的文章。一般都說是 Bill Gates 在某個高中畢業典禮時對學生說的話，但來源其實是一位美國的廣播主持人/雜誌編輯 Charles Sykes 的一本書中的節錄與改寫，書名是 “50 Rules Kids Won’t Learn at School” （Amazon頁面連結）。說的真的很好，我打算印給孩子們看。翻譯是我自己重翻的，有任何更好的翻譯敬請留言指正。如果要轉載的朋友，也請註明來源，畢竟如果翻譯翻的不好，冤有頭債有主啊！XD

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Rule 1: Life is not fair — get used to it!
規則一：人生本來就不公平，要習慣啊！

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.

規則二：這個世界才不管你的自尊呢。這個世界只會期待你對自己自我感覺良好之前，得先做點什麼事情、有點成就。

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.
規則三：你不可能高中畢業後一年內就坐領 6 萬美金的年薪。你也不會立刻成為副總裁，車上還配備著行動電話，這些待遇會一直到你努力工作掙到兩者後才會降臨。

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. A boss doesn’t have a tenure.
規則四：如果你覺得你的老師很機車，等到你有了老闆就知道了。老闆可是沒有任期限制的！

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping — they called it opportunity.
規則五：在速食店煎漢堡並不會損及你的自尊。你的阿公阿嬤對煎漢堡有不同的看法，他們稱之為「機會」。

Rule 6: If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
規則六：如果你搞砸了或惹上什麼麻煩，並不是你老爸老媽的錯。所以對於你的過錯不要整天哀哀叫，要從中獲得教訓。

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.
規則七：在你出生前，你的爸媽其實並不像現在這樣無趣的要命。他們之所以變成這樣乏味，是因為他們一直在付你的帳單、洗你的衣服、聽你炫耀你（以為你）在學校多酷。所以在你拯救熱帶雨林免於老一輩的寄生蟲前，先把自己房間裡的衣櫥臭蟲清一清吧！（最後寄生蟲那句其實翻的很不安，但總之整句話大概是說「立下雄心壯志」的意思吧？）

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.
規則八：你的學校現在可能已經沒有在區分優等生或者壞學生了，但是人生還是有喔！有些學校已經不再當掉學生，而且他們會給你盡可能多的機會，直到你找出正確答案為止。但，這絕對不是真實人生上演的劇本！

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.
規則九：人生並不是以學期來分。你不能放暑假，也幾乎找不到任何的老闆會幫助你發掘自我。你自己找時間做吧！

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
規則十：電視上演的不是真實生活。真實生活中，人們必須離開咖啡館幹活去。

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.
規則十一：對班上的那些看起來很阿呆的人友善一點。非常有可能以後你得幫他們工作。（我想之所以會被傳成Bill Gates，就是因為他當初在班上就是個nerd。 nerd 的意思是書獃子、阿宅）