11 Rules to Pass on to your Child(ren) that they will not learn in school. (Baby Boomers, solutions)

[calmdude]

...excepting it was not written by Gates but by Charles Skyes, an author of book "Dumbing down our kids...", who add 3 additional rules :

snopes.com: Some Rules Kids Won't Learn in School

[KUchief25]

I always love the "fact checker" sites. Who checks them? And if they find something wrong the fact check site just reports it as not a fact. LOL. Kinda like faking a certificate of authenticity.

[calmdude]

Originally Posted by KUchief25

I always love the "fact checker" sites. Who checks them? And if they find something wrong the fact check site just reports it as not a fact. LOL. Kinda like faking a certificate of authenticity.

And I just love filppant comments. Site gives you source - I know it is a foreign concept - check them. Site give name of book - search it. Laziest thing to do was to give your 'expert' opinion.

[KUchief25]

Originally Posted by calmdude

And I just love filppant comments. Site gives you source - I know it is a foreign concept - check them. Site give name of book - search it. Laziest thing to do was to give your 'expert' opinion.

I think it's funny that you care if it was Bill Gates who put that together or not. Now your off howling about snopes as if I insulted your family member. Now get back on topic and stop squealing about nothing or is that your forte?

[calmdude]

Originally Posted by KUchief25

I think it's funny that you care if it was Bill Gates who put that together or not. Now your off howling about snopes as if I insulted your family member. Now get back on topic and stop squealing about nothing or is that your forte?

I just pointed out the actual author is different. Did I say anything against the rules (I like 'em)? Then you came in with a useless comment about snopes - you obviously had not checked the references cited in the link and wanted to come across as an 'expert'. And no, none of these people are related to me nor do I have a vested interest.

[KUchief25]

I like rule number seven. See how to stay on topic???

[calmdude]

Love rule 1.

Rule 11 is funny.

Rule 14 (in the snopes link) is about kids enjoying life now - is something unfortunately kids often cannot understand.

Overall, common sense rules. Then again, common sense is not common.

[Stateisota]

#12 Try to drown out the self-important yapping of the baby-boomer generation. They often like to overplay their knowledge of issues they talk about.

[malamute]

Originally Posted by kevinm

Rule 12. "Uncle Sam" is not a rich relative that will give you money whenever you call.

Unfortunately that isn't the case for many. They've learned that's exactly what Uncle Sam is. Fail in life -- no problem, there's the government there to take care of you, have children you can never afford and you don't feel like working and there's the government providing you everything your heart could desire.

[softblueyz]

#13. Try to drown out that constant whining from the current It's All About Me Generation that thinks they are "special" and that everyone owes them something.