Some things schools, colleges and universities do not teach our pre-teens, teens and teens in transition to adulthood….
1. Life is not fair. It is a fact! Get used to it. Not all of us are born equal. Don’t be discouraged though, nature is a great equaliser. The ‘Law of Compensation’ applies. If a person is blind, nature compensates with a keen sense of hearing and smell. If you are not academically inclined, you would be blessed with a good pair of hands or the gift of the gab.
2. If you think going to school and university is tough and boring, working life is not a cup of tea as you may imagine, especially when you do not have a diploma or a degree. When you screw up, your boss will come down on you like a ton of bricks! Your pride and self-esteem will take a hit and get dented.
3. It is a rough-and-tumble world out there. It does not owe you a living. It does not care or bother how you feel. An inflated self-esteem and ego will get deflated soon enough.
4. Dream of making $50,000 a year immediately after getting your diploma or degree with a manager title? Unless your father owns the business, it is just a fantasy.
5. Working with your hands or a job that pays peanuts is not beneath your dignity. In the days of your parents, choices were limited and any job was seen as an opportunity. It could always lead to something better! Sitting at home and freeloading on your parents waiting for the right job is downright moronic.
6. You may hate school but learn to speak and write well to express yourself with clarity and lucidity. You may be a genius with an IQ of 140 and above but if you are unable to express an idea verbally or in writing, it dies with you.
7. Remember all the proclamations you make for your independence?
2. If you think going to school and university is tough and boring, working life is not a cup of tea as you may imagine, especially when you do not have a diploma or a degree. When you screw up, your boss will come down on you like a ton of bricks! Your pride and self-esteem will take a hit and get dented.
3. It is a rough-and-tumble world out there. It does not owe you a living. It does not care or bother how you feel. An inflated self-esteem and ego will get deflated soon enough.
4. Dream of making $50,000 a year immediately after getting your diploma or degree with a manager title? Unless your father owns the business, it is just a fantasy.
5. Working with your hands or a job that pays peanuts is not beneath your dignity. In the days of your parents, choices were limited and any job was seen as an opportunity. It could always lead to something better! Sitting at home and freeloading on your parents waiting for the right job is downright moronic.
6. You may hate school but learn to speak and write well to express yourself with clarity and lucidity. You may be a genius with an IQ of 140 and above but if you are unable to express an idea verbally or in writing, it dies with you.
7. Remember all the proclamations you make for your independence?
“I’m old enough to know what I’m doing”
“It’s my life, don’t bother me”
Yes, it is your life. Many times we forget that the good comes with the bad. If you screw up, do not blame your parents. It is not their fault. You ask for your independence. Freedom comes with responsibilities. The responsibility to live your life as an adult.
8. There is no school holiday or a university term or semester break of 8 weeks in your working life. You are expected to show up daily for work. A grinding 8 hours a day, 5 days a week from 9 am to 5 pm. Very few jobs foster personal growth and self-actualisation. It is not a school or a university where you can refresh!
9. Before you came into this world, your parents had a life and were not “boring” as they seemed to you. They have morphed into “boring” because they have to pay the bills for your upkeep and your shiny new iPhone, not to mention also clean up after your mess. Along the way, somehow their lives have become servitude to your life!
10. Learned child psychologists and educators preached that winners and losers should be abolished in the school system in order not to hurt any child’s feelings and self-esteem. Life has no qualms over such niceties! In the real world, results are just as important as the effort expended.
11. A television sitcom or a serial Hong Kong soap opera is not real life. In real life people still have to go to their routine and sometimes mundane job to eke out a living. People you know also do not behave the way as what you see in the idiot box.
12. Be nice and courteous to every person you come into contact with, be them jocks, nerds or eggheads for you may one day find yourself working for them.
13. Smoking may make you look hip and cool. Advisories from your parents and healthcare providers nag you to stop but in vain. Remember, you will still have to stop one day either voluntarily or you have been given 9 months of life left to live!
14. Raging hormones make you feel like superman or superwoman on top of the world. You are not immortal. You are still flesh and blood. Living in the fast lane may cause your premature demise.
15. Enjoy your youth and the carefree years. Your parents may be a pain and school is a big bother and life confusing but you will never be able to live this period of your life again.
8. There is no school holiday or a university term or semester break of 8 weeks in your working life. You are expected to show up daily for work. A grinding 8 hours a day, 5 days a week from 9 am to 5 pm. Very few jobs foster personal growth and self-actualisation. It is not a school or a university where you can refresh!
9. Before you came into this world, your parents had a life and were not “boring” as they seemed to you. They have morphed into “boring” because they have to pay the bills for your upkeep and your shiny new iPhone, not to mention also clean up after your mess. Along the way, somehow their lives have become servitude to your life!
10. Learned child psychologists and educators preached that winners and losers should be abolished in the school system in order not to hurt any child’s feelings and self-esteem. Life has no qualms over such niceties! In the real world, results are just as important as the effort expended.
11. A television sitcom or a serial Hong Kong soap opera is not real life. In real life people still have to go to their routine and sometimes mundane job to eke out a living. People you know also do not behave the way as what you see in the idiot box.
12. Be nice and courteous to every person you come into contact with, be them jocks, nerds or eggheads for you may one day find yourself working for them.
13. Smoking may make you look hip and cool. Advisories from your parents and healthcare providers nag you to stop but in vain. Remember, you will still have to stop one day either voluntarily or you have been given 9 months of life left to live!
14. Raging hormones make you feel like superman or superwoman on top of the world. You are not immortal. You are still flesh and blood. Living in the fast lane may cause your premature demise.
15. Enjoy your youth and the carefree years. Your parents may be a pain and school is a big bother and life confusing but you will never be able to live this period of your life again.
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