1. Life is not fair; get used it.
人生是不公平的,你得習慣。
2. The world won t care about your self-esteem.
The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
這世界不會在乎你的自尊,在你自我感覺良好前你必須有所成就。
3. If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn t have tenure.
如果你認為你的老師很糟糕,等你有老闆你就知道了。他可沒有任期。
4. Flipping burgers is not benath your dignity.
Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.
煎漢堡不會有損你的尊嚴。你的祖父母對煎漢堡有不同見解,他們稱之為「機會」。
5. If you mess up, it s not your parents fault,
so don t whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
如果你搞砸了某件事,那不是你父母的錯,所以別為你的過錯哀號,從中學習吧!
6. Life is not divided into semesters.
You don t get summer off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.
Do that on your own time.
人生並不會分成好幾個學期。
你沒有暑假,而且很少老闆有興趣幫助你尋找自我。你得自己找時間做。
7. Television is not real life.
In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
電視並非現實生活。在現實生活中,人們必須離開咖啡廳乖乖去工作。
8. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you ll end up working for one.
對討厭鬼友善點,最後你有可能會為他工作。