잘못 알려진 빌게이츠 충고 10가지에 대한 내용


인터넷에서 2000 년 이후부터 6년이지난 오늘까지도 소위 "빌게이츠 충고 10가지"라는 주제로 떠다니는 내용을 접하게 된다.
물론 좋은 내용이고 우리가 알아두면 좋은 것 인지는 알고 있지만 기왕이면 그 출처에 대해서는 사실을 정확히 알고 있는 것이 좋을 것 같아서 소개하고 싶다..

물론 6년전 2000년 미국 캘리포니아 Visalia에 있는 Mt. Whitney High School학생들에게 연설한 내용이다.여기에서는 11개의 Rule을 언급하였는데 한국으로 여러 단계를 거치면서 10개로 둔갑하였는데 사실은 그보다 훨씬 전인 1996년 발간된 책자의 내용을 인용한 것이고 또 연설에서도 인용했다는 언급을 하였는데 여러 단계를 거치면서 약간 변형이 되었다.

Bill Gates가 인용한 책 제목은 "Dumbing Down our Kids"이며 발행사는 "San Diego Union-Tribune", 발행일은 1996년 9월 19일, 책속의 소제목은 "Some Rules Kids Won't Learn in School" 이다..제일 하단의 책 표지 참조.
비교해 보시기 바람 (아무튼 좋은 내용임에는 틀림이 없네요...3개 Version을 모두 참조하시고 ).
* 저의 영어 실력이 미흡하여 영어 Version에 대한 한글 해석은 생략합니다.
실력이 있으신 분들께 의뢰해 보시는 것이 좋을 듯 합니다. 영어공부에 상당히 도움이 될것으로 보입니다.


한국 Version (10개 Rule)...한국의 인터넷에서 떠다니는 내용
1. 인생이란 원래 공평하지 못하다.그런 현실에 대하여 불평할 생각하지 말고 받아들여라.
2. 세상은 네 자신이 어떻게 생각하든 상관하지 않는다.세상이 너희들한테 기대하는 것은 네가 스스로 만족한다고 느끼기 전에 무엇인가를 성취해서 보여 줄 것을 기다리고 있다.
3. 대학 교육을 받지 않고 연봉이 4만 달러가 될 것이라고는 상상도 하지 말라.
4. 학교 선생님이 까다롭다고 생각되거든 사회 나와서 직장 상사의 진짜 까다로운 맛을 한 번 느껴 봐라.
5. 햄버거 가게에서 일하는 것을 수치스럽게 생각하지 마라.너희 할아버지는 그 일을 기회라고 생각하였다.
6. 네 인생을 네가 망치고 있으면서 부모 탓을 하지 마라.불평만 일삼을 것이 아니라 잘못한 것에서 교훈을 얻어라.
7. 학교는 승자나 패자를 뚜렷이 가리지 않을지 모른다.어떤 학교에서는 낙제 제도를 아예 없애고 쉽게 가르치고 있다는 것을 잘 안다. 그러나 사회 현실은 이와 다르다는 것을 명심하라.
8. 인생은 학기처럼 구분되어 있지도 않고 여름 방학이란 것은 아예 있지도 않다. 네가 스스로 알아서 하지 않으면 직장에서는 가르쳐 주지 않는다.
9. TV는 현실이 아니다.현실에서는 커피를 마셨으면 일을 시작하는 것이 옳다.
10. 공부 밖에는 할 줄 모르는 '바보'한테 잘 보여라.사회 나온 다음에는 아마 그 '바보' 밑에서 일하게 될지 모른다.

Bill Gates Version (11개 Rule).... 고등학교에서 강의한 내용
RULE 1 Life is not fair - get used to it.
RULE 2 The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
RULE 3 You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.
RULE 4 If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure.
RULE 5 Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping - they called it opportunity.
RULE 6 If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
RULE 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 parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
RULE 8 Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
RULE 9 Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
RULE 10 Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
RULE 11 Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

책자내용 Version (14개 Rule)...빌게이츠가 인용한 책속의 내용
Rule No. 1: Life is not fair. Get used to it. The average teen-ager uses the phrase, "It's not fair" 8.6 times a day. You got it from your parents, who said it so often you decided they must be the most idealistic generation ever. When they started hearing it from their own kids, they realized Rule No. 1.
Rule No. 2: The real world won't care as much about your self-esteem as much as your school does. It'll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. This may come as a shock. Usually, when inflated self-esteem meets reality, kids complain it's not fair. (See Rule No. 1)
Rule No. 3: Sorry, you won't make $40,000 a year right out of high school. And you won't be a vice president or have a car phone either. You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn't have a Gap label.
Rule No. 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait 'til you get a boss. He doesn't have tenure, so he tends to be a bit edgier. When you screw up, he's not going to ask you how you feel about it.
Rule No. 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grand-parents had a different word of burger flipping. They called it opportunity. They weren't embarrassed making minimum wage either. They would have been embarrassed to sit around talking about Kurt Cobain all weekend.
Rule No. 6: It's not your parents' fault. If you screw up, you are responsible. This is the flip side of "It's my life," and "You're not the boss of me," and other eloquent proclamations of your generation. When you turn 18, it's on your dime. Don't whine about it, or you'll sound like a baby boomer.
Rule No. 7: Before you were born your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way paying your bills, cleaning up your room and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are. And by the way, before you save the rain forest from the blood-sucking parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your bedroom.
Rule No. 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers. Life hasn't. In some schools, they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. Failing grades have been abolished and class valedictorians scrapped, lest anyone's feelings be hurt. Effort is as important as results. This, of course, bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in real life. (See Rule No. 1, Rule No. 2 and Rule No. 4)
Rule No. 9: Life is not divided into semesters, and you don't get summers off. Not even Easter break. They expect you to show up every day. For eight hours. And you don't get a new life every 10 weeks. It just goes on and on. While we're at it, very few jobs are interesting in fostering your self-e-pression or helping you find yourself. Fewer still lead to self-realization. (See Rule No. 1 and Rule No. 2.)
Rule No. 10: Television is not real life. Your life is not a sitcom. Your problems will not all be solved in 30 minutes, minus time for commercials. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to jobs. Your friends will not be as perky or pliable as Jennifer Aniston.
Rule No. 11: Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.
Rule No. 12: Smoking does not make you look cool. It makes you look moronic. Next time you're out cruising, watch an 11-year-old with a butt in his mouth. That's what you look like to anyone over 20. Ditto for "expressing yourself" with purple hair and/or pierced body parts.
Rule No. 13: You are not immortal. (See Rule No. 12.) If you are under the impression that living fast, dying young and leaving a beautiful corpse is romantic, you obviously haven't seen one of your peers at room temperature lately.
Rule No. 14: Enjoy this while you can. Sure parents are a pain, school's a bother, and life is depressing. But someday you'll realize how wonderful it was to be a kid. Maybe you should start now. You're welcome.

from http://solatoz.blogspot.com/2006/05/10.html