Life Rules for Teenagers (attributed to Bill Gates)
1. Life is not fair.  Get used to it.
2. The world won't care about your self-esteem.  However, the world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you start feeling good about yourself.
3. You will NOT make $40,000 a year right out of high school, and you won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss.
5. Flipping burgers at McDonalds should not be beneath your dignity.  Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping .... they called it OPPORTUNITY.
6. If YOU mess up, it's not your parents fault, so don't whine.
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 are.  So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your own bedroom.