georgewbush wrote:
http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html
An essay by the computer programmer Paul Graham. It is long-winded, but definitely worth the read.
His thesis is:
- Public school is just a day care center for adults to drop off their children so they can get their work done, unlike in history when children were apprentices in their parents occupation.
- High school is a cruel, immature, irrational society, similar to Lord of the Flies, dominated by a mob of the students rather than the teachers.
- "Nerds aren't losers, they are just playing a different game, one which is much closer to the real world".
Quite some truth to the theory.....one would hope high school matters (sort-of) though. Revenge of the nerds! I did it. Make peace.
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