Life is not fair; get used to it.

Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had adifferent word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.

Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and veryfew employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that onyour own time.

If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about yourmistakes, learn from them.

Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could.