Personally I feel proud to say I'm a NERD, because I know that what I'm saying is that I look deeper than skin surface when choosing my friends. And I know how it feels to be put down and would never ridicule someone else. (Some people bully others to feel better about themselves, because they're trying to fit in too)
Unfortunately when people hear the word NERD it conjurs images of Thick dark framed glasses and buck teeth with braces and high IQ computer pros with a love for school work. I was never any of that.
The ones who got braces were fortunate, because eventually they would have that beautiful smile. How many out there with less than perfect smiles wish that your families could've afforded that?
Geeks aren't all geeky. Many outcasts don't look any less attractive than anyone else. School kids most commonly gage popularity by how you dress or make yourself up. School kids never let go of the past. A nerdy reputation can be built out of something meaningless from grade school and stay with you till your senior year.
COSTS OF FASHION
Stylish clothing is the most costly. Not every family has the budget to keep up with whats in. Single parent households may have lower incomes. And not all kids are observant enough to know what they should buy.
Parents may see high end fashion as a waste of money, while kids have no real concept of what it takes to earn the money to clothe them.
And if the parents with the income make all the clothing choices you could end up with the kind of clothes someone over forty would wear or stuff that was in style twenty years ago.
WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE IF YOU COULD? While I had friends at school I never sought them out for activities outside of school. For any school age kids I would recommend you to socialize at each others homes or other places and not wait until yearbook season to exchange phone numbers to keep in touch. It's too difficult to try and track down and gather info for everyone you want to stay friends with at the end of the year before those a year ahead of you graduate never to be seen at school again or till you graduate yourself leaving all your peers and those a year behind you. If I had thought of that sooner I may've been able to keep more of my friends after high school and not loose touch with as many as I did. And socializing out of school can be more quality without time constraints. Also you can meet more of your friend's other friends and have more possibilities of more people getting to know you. While I say not to change who you are, I realized that socializing out of school could have helped my popularity. Between classes is not a lot of time for more people to get to know you enough to ignore the rubes. Be true to who you are, but try to show more people who that is.
What do you think of the word NERD or GEEK Stereo Types? Is there a better word for Outcasts?
How do you feel about Fashion? Do you dress for self expression or what are your issues?
Have you learned something a little late? Can you advice someone to do it better? Tell us. What would you change?
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