Comment No it is the Right Audience (Score 1) 563
I agree with you that this is the right Audience, because here at /. a lot of people know how you feel, if you are an outsider.
I never had this feeling at my school, perhaps I had luck. I live in Germany and it was not a problem being a 'geek' (I don't know a german word that has the same meaning). Perhaps I was lucky, because I heard of people having such problems in german schools, too, but I don't think the problem here is as big as in the US, not yet.
Perhaps this is a opportunity to change the situation in the US and other countries. Here at /. there are a lot of bright and successfull people who felt as outsiders at school. Get together and do something. There are lobbys for nearly everything in America, why not a lobby for geeks (or simply people who are different, don't wear 'in'-clothes...)
I always had the impression, that the US is very puritanical, but watching the Clinton trial I thought this has changed a little bit. Perhaps this is the time to change the view of 'outsiders' in highschools.
Sorry for my english 8-)
I never had this feeling at my school, perhaps I had luck. I live in Germany and it was not a problem being a 'geek' (I don't know a german word that has the same meaning). Perhaps I was lucky, because I heard of people having such problems in german schools, too, but I don't think the problem here is as big as in the US, not yet.
Perhaps this is a opportunity to change the situation in the US and other countries. Here at
I always had the impression, that the US is very puritanical, but watching the Clinton trial I thought this has changed a little bit. Perhaps this is the time to change the view of 'outsiders' in highschools.
Sorry for my english 8-)
