Comment Re:So... now what? (Score 1) 639
With all due respect, it isn't "all of a sudden" that being a geek is bad. In my school system, the "geeks" were despised by our peers, and ignored by the administrators, "since they are doing so well in their classes already..." Any geek with a self-esteem problem (about 99% of us in my school) would be driven to strange lengths just to attract enough attention to themselves to receive any amount of instruction. Or any attention, for that matter.
Being a geek also has the problem of being a threat to the educators both for the possibility of knowing more than they on a particular subject, as well as "distracting" the other students by leading them on to other related topics. God forbid we learn how to relate and map different subjects, molding all of our education blocks into a working paradigm. (!)
So, to sum up, being a geek has always been a threat to structured education. We have never been accepted in any situation where we are supposed to be subservient or "respectful." We aren't accepted until we are needed. Then - THEN we are in control! MU-HAHAHAHAHAHA Oh, sorry. got carried away there for a sec... :)
Being a geek also has the problem of being a threat to the educators both for the possibility of knowing more than they on a particular subject, as well as "distracting" the other students by leading them on to other related topics. God forbid we learn how to relate and map different subjects, molding all of our education blocks into a working paradigm. (!)
So, to sum up, being a geek has always been a threat to structured education. We have never been accepted in any situation where we are supposed to be subservient or "respectful." We aren't accepted until we are needed. Then - THEN we are in control! MU-HAHAHAHAHAHA Oh, sorry. got carried away there for a sec...
