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Wednesday, March 29, 2006
“A Smart Person … Not A Nerd”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sure, some kids worry about being perceived as a nerd. But at competitions like the state spelling bee and Mathcounts, it’s cool to be uncool. (Of course, the real revenge of the nerds comes later, in adulthood. Who has the most high-paying career options?)
My colleague Bill Torpy picked up this gem while covering Mathcounts last weekend. “Samuel Kallman, a seventh-grader at the Davis Academy, observed: ‘Most of the kids regard us as nerds; we are nerds,’ Samuel said with a laugh. Then he caught himself. ‘I think of myself as a smart person, not a nerd.’ “
Is nerdiness underrated?
