Townhall
The
Top 5 Things Graduating Students Need To Hear Before They Go Into The
Real World
John
Hawkins
May
24, 2014
All
across America at this time of year, there are high school and
college students graduating from our education system and heading
into the real world. Here's a little advice for them from outside the
liberal cocoon their teachers have weaved over the last few years.
1)
You were not born special: Everyone is not a winner. Everyone is not
a good person. Everyone doesn't deserve to have high self-esteem.
Everyone doesn't deserve success.
So,
what about you? Are you special? Are you a winner? Do you deserve
success? That remains to be seen because everything you've done in
school so far means precisely jack squat in the real world.
Yes,
if you were lucky enough to go to an Ivy League school, there may be
a few people who'll give you an opportunity based on your pedigree,
but you still have to perform. Everybody does -- and as a new
graduate, you'll be up against more experienced competitors who made
it through school just like you did.
You
want to be special? Then you must outwork them, outsmart them, and
prove it. Until you do, you haven't proven there's anything special
about you.
2)
Your future probably isn't going to be as bright as the one your
parents had: If you're like most people your age, you've heard people
talking about the national debt, but you probably haven't paid much
attention. After all, it doesn't seem to impact you personally and
you're probably assuming someone will just take care of it...
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