After marrying a self proclaimed Nerd and hanging out with his friends over the years I began to realize there were many different levels of Nerd. And most guys fit into one of more of these categories. Nerd became a badge, a term of endearment around our house even before Apple made it cool to be a Nerd. And these days it seems like just about everyone wants to claim they are a Nerd or a Geek of somekind.
Geek - A Geek is super smart, but might not be aware of his social surroundings. Think Bill Gates.
Nerd - Although a nerd is also super smart, a nerd is interesting, fun to hang out with. Think technical evangelist.
Jock - Even Jock's can be Nerds. Sports Nerds! And although most sport football jersey's etc. How many of them are really out on that field?
Dork - Dorks thinks they are a Nerd, Geek or Jock, but are none of the above.
And after spending years defining these categories I come across this comic...
This comic is so great! I love it almost as much as the the Alltell commercial in which the guy questions the nerds, "What level dungeon master are you?" The nerds fall for the trap responding, "Dungeon Masters don't have levels!" Proving their Nerdiness even more! LOL!CLICK this link and read this entire article and let's talk...
Why Nerds are Unpopular by Paul Graham
The thing about nerds is that...
Well, all my feelings were summed up by this first comment before I could finish this blog post (read below!)
In the end Nerds are the most interesting people, make the most interesting friends and even husbands! And as we raise our little Nerd baby we teach him to love the term Nerd and make it his own! Now if only our educational system could catch up and not only make school a place for Nerds to explore, experiment and thrive, but a place to inspire all kids to be Nerds!
1 comments:
I think he nails a number of things about teenage nerds: that they desire to be smart more than they desire to be popular, that they recognize and reject busywork in school, that they are in many ways too intelligent to go through the motions in the self-created bubble societies in which they find themselves.
I find that people who were labeled "nerds" in high school usually come into their own in and after college. Then they earn other labels later in life -- labels like "iconoclast" and "CEO." So it's not all bad.
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