The pocket protectors, glasses fixed in the middle with tape, and smell of science and math in the air can only mean one thing, nerd. Style with the khakis, button shirts, bow ties, and bowl style haircuts make this a fashion disaster to many. Made fun of throughout their life for being different they locked themselves away with their board games and robotics. Completely different in their own time now the nerds of the old are each and every one of our lives. In the early 1960s, computers were just taking off. On the other hand, sports were the biggest fad in those days. If you were into the computers instead of sports you were an outcast. Those people were labeled a nerd by the jocks. The clubs throughout the years were broke off into the same groups. Being different was a bad quality to have.
Today there is no real way for many to know they are sitting next to a nerd until they pull out a portable game system or the talk of computers arises. But now the talk and system does not mean you are a nerd. The only way to know for sure is the constant talk about video games or a group playing in a certain spot every day. Being different is expected and what is wanted in this time period.
Why has this subculture disappeared? Was the bullying too much for the "nerds"? Has everyone in this generation become part nerd themselves? This subculture is alive and thriving. Everyone has now become part of this movement to be more than just a jock, a nerd, and a princess. Our culture is more defined and more united compared to the past. Technology is a part of this society as much as we are. Computers are everywhere and being used for everything. I am a nerd.
Today there is no real way for many to know they are sitting next to a nerd until they pull out a portable game system or the talk of computers arises. But now the talk and system does not mean you are a nerd. The only way to know for sure is the constant talk about video games or a group playing in a certain spot every day. Being different is expected and what is wanted in this time period.
Why has this subculture disappeared? Was the bullying too much for the "nerds"? Has everyone in this generation become part nerd themselves? This subculture is alive and thriving. Everyone has now become part of this movement to be more than just a jock, a nerd, and a princess. Our culture is more defined and more united compared to the past. Technology is a part of this society as much as we are. Computers are everywhere and being used for everything. I am a nerd.
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