子どものための世の中を生き抜く５０のルール

チャールズ・J・サイクス著
田口未和訳
4/15-16
アメリカのティーン向けにかかれた処世訓。
自らを振り返っても、この本にかかれていることで
中高時代には気づいていなかったことがあるなぁと
実感。実体験と通じて学んでいくのであろう。
不可逆的な結果を呼ぶことについては
しっかりと注意してあげるのが大人の役目。
このうち１４のルールはネット上で
ビルゲイツ作とうわさされていたとのこと。
Rule No. 1: Life is not fair. Get used to it.
Rule No. 2: The real world won’t care as much about your self-esteem as much as your school does.
Rule No. 3: Sorry, you won’t make $40,000 a year right out of high school.
Rule No. 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait ’til you get a boss.
Rule No. 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Rule No. 6: It’s not your parents’ fault. If you screw up, you are responsible.
Rule No. 7: Before you were born your parents weren’t as boring as they are now.
Rule No. 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers. Life hasn’t.
Rule No. 9: Life is not divided into semesters, and you don’t get summers off.
Rule No. 10: Television is not real life.
Rule No. 11: Be nice to nerds.
Rule No. 12: Smoking does not make you look cool. I
Rule No. 13: You are not immortal.
Rule No. 14: Enjoy this while you can.

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