Jim Carpenter
Sure Signs That You Are A Nerd
language
( April 7, 2015)
Dictionaries define the word, "nerd" as a slang term used to describe an unpopular or socially inept person, and/or one who is excessively studious and/or scientifically or technically accomplished.
We all know them. Nerds are the people who become your boss -- when you bust your chops for years to earn an MBA. Nerds are the people who decided, when they were kids, that they wanted to be astronauts; and were riding the space shuttle twenty years later. Nerds are the people who like to listen to someone play an oboe. :)
We sneer and make fun of them, but nerds are actually worthy of our admiration, and many of us are "closet" nerds.
The most impressive quality nerds have is their autonomy. Nerds simply do not care what the rest of the world thinks of them. They are not constrained by what hangs up other people, and they are often the most intelligent among us.
And so, with this project, I raise my glass (and my pen) in celebration of "nerdhood".
Jim Carpenter
We all know them. Nerds are the people who become your boss -- when you bust your chops for years to earn an MBA. Nerds are the people who decided, when they were kids, that they wanted to be astronauts; and were riding the space shuttle twenty years later. Nerds are the people who like to listen to someone play an oboe. :)
We sneer and make fun of them, but nerds are actually worthy of our admiration, and many of us are "closet" nerds.
The most impressive quality nerds have is their autonomy. Nerds simply do not care what the rest of the world thinks of them. They are not constrained by what hangs up other people, and they are often the most intelligent among us.
And so, with this project, I raise my glass (and my pen) in celebration of "nerdhood".
Jim Carpenter
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