Life isn't fair. Get used to it. The
average teenager uses the phrase "It's not
fair" 86 times a day.
The real world won't care as much about
your self-esteem as your school does. This may come as a
shock.
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 designer label.
If you think your teacher is tough,
wait until you get a boss.
Flipping burgers is not beneath your
dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for
burger-flipping, they called it opportunity.
It's not your parents' fault if you
mess up. You're responsible. This is the flip side of
"It's my life" and "You're not my
boss."
Before you were born your parents
weren't boring. They got that way paying your bills and
listening to you.
Life is not divided into semesters. And
you don't get summers off. Not even spring break. You are
expected to show up every day for eight hours, and you
don't get a new life every 10 weeks.
Smoking does not make you look cool.
Watch an 11-year old with a butt in his mouth. That's
what you look like to anyone over 20.
Your school may be
"outcome-based" but life isn't. In some
schools, you're given as many times as you want to get
the answer right. Standards are set low enough so
everyone can meet them. This, of course, bears not the
slightest resemblance to anything in real life--as you
will find out.