of the nerds has a romantic interest in the neighbor but thinks he has no chance with her as she is out of his league. There is definite social inequality here as the nerds see themselves below the neighbor’s status in regards to relationships and finding love. Some scenes that apply to the social theme are when you see all the “nerds” at work it is clear that they are in the science field. There are microscopes‚ periodic tables‚ beakers‚ and math equations on chalk and dry erase
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negative tone in the poem to show the hard struggle that the nerd students faces before taking the tests‚ In my poem I told‚ “They want to study for the wicked test‚\ so that the smart students can be the best.” (Patel‚ 7-8). I wanted to show that the nerd students studies a lot in order to get good grades. Nerd students cares more about the grades than anything else. I used imagery to give reader a visual of the daily routine of a nerd student. In my poem I said‚ “They are ready for one class after
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Teacher’s Theatre Story “Thanks‚ Nerd-Man!” a burly police officer shouted into the night. It was a dusky Friday evening‚ the most popular time for criminals to go wandering. Nerd-Man‚ a nerd by day‚ super-nerd by night‚ had just dropped off a couple of petty burglars at the police station. “Just doing my job!” Nerd-Man handsomely replied. With that‚ the hero flew off into the shadows. Well‚ technically‚ he didn’t fly. Nerd-Man (who else?) used a complicated chemical compound that resembled
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speech‚ Dr. Carson told a story about being seen as cool or being seen as a nerd. It started with the cool guy having a nice car‚ a beautiful girlfriend‚ a varsity jacket‚ and what seemed like the perfect and ideal life. Then there was the nerd riding on the bus with an armful of books and a very low social status. After a few years‚ the cool guy did not do well in school and ends up working at a fast-food restaurant while the nerd gets a scholarship and heads off to college. A few more years go by and
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I brought with me to college is that most people here would be nerds and guys. Neither of these stereotypes are bad to me‚ they are are just what I thought would be the main group of people here. Both of these stereotypes have been reinforced for the most part. Since I live in a women’s hall‚ there are a higher ratio of girls on our floor to boys compared to the rest of campus‚so that is a little backwards. There are a lot of nerds or socially awkward people‚ but I have found some not so nerdy people
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one of the very few children who had glasses. Among children of that age the stereotype is that people with glasses are just bookworms and nerds who study a lot and do nothing else. This stereotype shaped my classmates’ behaviour towards me which in turn influenced my behaviour. My classmates used to tease me a lot about my glasses. They would call me a nerd and a bookworm. They teased me when I did not know something in class since I was supposed
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In the article “Why be normal?”: Language and identity practices in a community of nerd girls.” Bucholtz first described what both speech community‚ and community of practice were? According to her definition‚ Speech community was a language-based unit of social analysis used in traditional sociolinguistics research. The community of practice‚ on the other hand‚ was an ethnographic‚ activity-based approach. In her research paper‚ she strongly agreed with the theory of community of practice. The reason
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racking. There will be so many cliques around campus like the nerds‚ jocks‚ and druggies. Not being able to tell which one you may fit in will make high school more intimidating then it really is. How will you know what cliques are a good idea to join? Is it possible to be stuck between two cliques? For any new high schooler finding the right group of people is all it might take to get you through the four years. Nerds In high school being a nerd is a fine line between being accepted and becoming a rejected
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Most of these Stereotypes and misconceptions derive from early video game culture. The positive being how intellectual gamers are possessing knowledge on technology. This would carry on to the professional gamers title as nerds. The antisocial and slothful nature of gamers came from the way media would portray people who play video games. It is not fair something of that nature passed on to the pros‚ but people will believe the media without looking at the facts within the pro gamer community. The
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Even though there is still a lack of diversity in the STEM field and nerd culture‚ there have been efforts to diversify them. For example‚ in the article “Revenge of the Nerds: How Barbie Got Her Geek On” Ann Zimmerman discusses how women in the STEM field tried and succeed to get representation through Barbie. Mattel Inc.‚ opened a poll to let the people vote on what Barbie’s next career was. The options were: “architect‚ anchorwoman‚ computer engineer‚ environmentalist and surgeon.” Zimmerman writes
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