How many adults were nerds in school?  If so what do you do now?
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We were all cast-offs in High school. Not even the jock or the the pretty rich girl felt good there. We were all teenagers for gods sake. We new nothing other than the cauldron of bull-(  ) competitiveness we were cruelly thrust into. \nWe were ALL in the same boat.
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My school (granted this is 15 years ago now) the student council winners were always the jocks and popular kids.  Geeks never stood a chance.  So I go with the be popular answer.
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I graduated in the class of '99 and I must say I was nowhere near as studious as you. I tended to blow off assignments if I didn't feel like doing them, but I have a photographic memory so I always aced my tests without cheating. I never skipped class but that could've been because my very strict father taught Physics at my high school and if I missed class he'd know about it. Besides being lazy and generally not caring much about my education I was not a terrible student. I've never done drugs and didn't start drinking or having sex until after I graduated high school. Since then I spent some time in the military which taught me discipline and I recently started college. I don't think kids are any worse now than they were when we were in school... I knew about a lot of my peers doing the same things you mentioned your students doing, I just didn't do the same things.
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haha i'm the same, but i never get called a nerd. anyways, i think a nerd is someone with huge glasses and doesn't have many friends and stuff, and doesn't like to do anything but study study study and is actually INTERESTED in educational stuff. sooooooo.... i don't think you're a nerd, and i don't think i am either cuz even though i get straight A's i like to do things other than study. so yay... GO un-nerds!!! or.... go nerds!!! \nnerds have a different meaning for everyone, i just told u my point of view. and for some, it could be a compliment and just means they're reeeeeeeeeaaaaaalllyyyyy smart. so take it that way, cuz that's good.\n\nbtw, take hermione granger for example. now SHE'S nerd. hahaha!\n(which isn't necessarily bad)
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math nerds, science nerds, jocks, populars, rappers, rockers, goth people
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i was in college studying film and animation after quitting a good payed job at Ford. I found what i knew was going to be my life, hobby and career at the same time. Guiders in technical high school told me i had a gift for visual communications and drawing so i made the switch to visual arts. They were right, teachers in college were very content with my work and acknowledged the talent i had . Those were wonderfull years since i found where i fitted in and what i've been thinking about as a kid. Unfortunately, after sophomore year i had to quit college due to circumstances.\n\nToday i'm payed about 15k, going from one job to another and every now and then i draw a storyboard for commercials....so no this not what i wanted my future to be... i was highly regarded in college by my teachers and fellow students. The sky seemed to be the limit back then...
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High school is very little work for many with intelligence.\n\nMy sincere suggestion is that if high school really is challenging for you, then you really need to study to prepare to be an adult!  Even if you work at McDonald's for the rest of your life, you still need a few basics...
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And I assume that you know that after college you will never ever again use that worthless knowledge.  What scientist is going to be doing long hand algebra when they have a computer?  Ask your teacher who uses it on a daily basis and what percentage of the population that is.  Would you even want to as a job choice?  It's really a shame that schools require such nonsense.
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I'm a "nerd" to some of my friends, and look at me: I'm 2nd VP at my school and sang spongebob over the intercom. At my elementary, I got great press, being quoted once and saying speeches. That's not a weird or bad thing! I think that's normal. Nerds get the cake~
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I'm an instructor at a community college. I wish I had more students like you. Here are some of the conclusions I have come to. First, many of the students are there for reasons other than learning. Many of my younger students are there because their parents have issued ultimatums making them choose to work or go to school. For some reason they think school is easier and choose that option. Second, too many students come out of high school under prepared for college. They don't know how to organize their time, study effectively, or take notes. Third, our society has moved away from the idea of personal responsibility. Everyone is so worried about blaming others for their faults or believing that everyone else is responsible for their learning. They don't understand that the only person responsible for them is them. I am a facilitator of learning but I do not have the power to just give them knowledge. From talking to my friends at other colleges (4 year state and private) they are seeing the same trends albeit not on the same scale.
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I offically dropped out when I only needed 7 more credits to graduate.  I was immature and just plain afraid to grow up and have to be responsible for myself.\nThis was in the late '60s and I had also gotten involved in the whole "hippie" culture and just wanted to hang.  \nBasically I spent a couple of years doing that and that started to scare me too,  I believed it was time to get straight or it might be too late.  \nI was substitute teaching just enough to pay rent during that time.\nSo, I went back to school and got my bachelor's degree.\nFrom them on I've been a pretty straight arrow, although liberal, member of the middle class.\nSo, fear ruled many fo my early adult decisions.\nMe, I love dogs and am a loyal friend.  I am a retired social worker.
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I wasn't too big into school.  My Senior year was the pits.  I almost quit 1/2 way through!  So bored!  My friends had all gotten to be really weird.  I was under so much pressure to choose a college and a career.  I just wanted to be done with it!
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How about: how many people with college degrees work for minimum wage or in a field they didn't go to school for.
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phhht like you needed to narrow it down to nerds :P\n\nWE'RE ALL NERDS HERE BUDDY!!!
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Maybe so.  Many of those so-called "nerds" are interested in their school work, keep out of trouble, are not prone to violence, and want to further their educations--not drop out at 16.\n\nToo many young people have no interest whatsoever in anything productive, and many wind up in trouble or hurting themselves or others.  \n\nWithout "nerds," what will the next generation have, in regard to anything worthwhile.
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I guess people tend to overestimate the amount of college education around them - perhaps not surprising, I would imagine that a lot of people that never finished school probably don't hang our much online.\nThe US Census Bureau reported that in 2003, 85 percent of adults age 25 and over had completed at least high school, an all-time high.\nIn the same year, 27 percent of adults age 25 and over had a college degree, another record.\nI doubt that these numbers have changed dramatically since 2003. \nAs far as my personal surroundings are concerned, I sive in the Silicon Valley, so I would hazard the guess that the percentage of people with college degrees here is a lot higher (considering the cost of living, you nearly need a white-collar income to live here).
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well i have a couple\nthey have less of a social life and interaction with other people and because of that if they later decide to start going to public school in high school like a few people i know did they are kind of thought of as being nerdy and dont really know a lot of the slang...which i suppose is also a good thing sometimes, but they have to learn everything like that.