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    Stereotypes Of Nerds

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    As observed in its natural habitat‚ the nerd camouflages itself with its head buried into books at the library. However‚ this form of defense proves ineffective against predators such as jocks or bullies‚ making the nerd’s weak and frail stature an easy target. Over the years‚ nerds have been subject to harsh discrimination and damaging stereotypes across media. Individuals such as Steve Urkel characterize the classic ‘nerd’ look-- big‚ wide-framed glasses‚ pants pulled up to the stomach‚ and braces

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    Final Fantasy of the Nerd Stereotype In today’s modern society‚ there are many stereotypes used to categorize people by their race or social standing. Everyone has watched a movie or television show that has used stereotypes like the dumb jock‚ the snobby cheerleaders‚ or the socially awkward nerd. Our society has become sensitive on the issue of racial stereotypes‚ but these negative social stereotypes receive little attention. Perhaps the most common and hurtful of these social terms is the aspects

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    Nerds

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    America Needs its Nerds In the passage from “America Needs Its Nerds”‚ author Leonid Fridman dissect his argument by comparing and contrasting America’s on-going social beliefs and perceptions of the geek and the actual positive role taken on by the nerd and why the role that they play is so vital to our society. Since we live in an anti- intellectualist society‚ nerds are ostracized while athletes are idolized. And this all starts from elementary or middle school. We rarely have a child who will

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    Anyone who’s ever experienced a love of learning has felt the sting of derogatory terms associated with being intelligent. Argued by Leonid Fridman in “America Needs its Nerds”‚ the offensive label of the intellectually elite will ultimately lead to our downfall. The author’s argument accurately states one of the cold hard facts about school life; that many intelligent people are being treated unfairly as a result of their intelligence. Meanwhile those who are most likely responsible for the mistreatment

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    Public speakers can change societies by changing their way of thinking and/or giving a certain group a voice. Martin Luther King Jr. led the famous "million man march" and was one of the main figures that gave the African-Americans a voice during the Civil Rights movement. The infamous Adolf Hitler made an entire country believe his xenophobic ideology that the Jewish people were the reason were to blame for Germany’s impoverished state. Even Socrates changed the way of Greek thinking altogether

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    The passage “America Needs Its Nerds” by Leonid Fridman compares athletes to nerds and geeks. Fridman made an analysis suggesting that society rewards the athletically apt for their skill while the “intellectually curious” as Fridaman puts it‚ are put down. Fridman’s passage was fluent and well written because of his range of writing techniques such as logos‚ tone‚ and his use of rhetorical questions to finish off the strong passage. Throughout the passage Fridman uses logos to appeal to the readers

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    Partnership Advantages and Disadvantages There are distinct partnership advantages and disadvantages. Before going into partnership advantages and disadvantages and especially before starting a partnership‚ let’s first define "partnerships" and make sure we know how they operate. The particular rules about partnerships lead to the partnership advantages and disadvantages. Partnerships Defined and Explained A partnership is an agreement between two or more people to finance and operate a business

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    What Is a Nerd

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    self-seriousness (Nugent 11). Wikipedia states that a “nerd‚ as a stereotypical or archetypal designation‚ refers to somebody who pursues intellectual interests at the expense of skills that are useful in a social setting such as communication‚ fashion‚ or physical fitness.” (Wikipedia) To many people who are not “nerds”‚ this definition sounds about right‚ but according to Benjamin Nugent‚ a man who calls himself a nerd‚ that is not only what nerds are. The graphic designer you recently met at a

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    Nerd Patrol

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     SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION PG#  1A Introduction 03  1B Business Description 03  1C Business Aspirations 04  SECTION 2 BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS 04  2A Business Ownership 04  2B Company Legal Structure 04  2C Management Team 05  SECTION 3 FINANCIAL PLANS 05  3A Operating Costs 05  3B Investments requirements 06  3C Revenue Plan 07  3D Pro-forma cash flow projection for the first year of operation 08  3E Pay-back

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    A Computer Nerd

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    A computer Nerd- solution to the problem of computer addiction. The computer is becoming the daily feature of our lives. Some people have displaced their work‚ school‚ friends and even family by the computer. When too much time is spent in front of the computer screen that people may be caught in an addiction which replaces the importance of life with the Internet. Computers are bad for our health and decrease attachments with our true life. Serious attempts have to be made to eradicate this problem

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